From Tahir Mohammed, Dutse

Jigawa state Executive Council has detected 6,348 ghost workers in the state's Payrolls a significant cost saving of averagely N314,657,342.06 per month and N3,775,888,809.72 per annum. This were amongst the major decisions reached at the Council meeting held on Monday 16th December, 2024 chaired by His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Jigawa State Malam Umar A. Namadi FCA.

Briefing the press at the end of the Council meeting at Govt. House Dutse, by the Commissioner of Information, Home Affairs, Youths, Sports and Culture, Hon Sagir Musa said the council has received the report of Staff Verification Exercise and approved the establishment of Continuous Capture Centre (CCC) at the Office of the Head of Civil Service for the completion of the Statewide Staff Audit Biometric Data Capture and Validation Exercise as part of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Management System (IPPMS) for the Jigawa State Government.

According to him, the Council has approved the award of contract for the Rehabilitation/Maintenance of 3no. Roads across the state, in line with the present administration efforts to address roads affected during the last raining season across the State, as presented by Ministry of Works and Transport:

These roads includes Andaza – Gadewa – Aujara Road in Kiyawa and Jahun LGAs at the contract sum of One Billion, Two Hundred and Fourteen Million, Eight Hundred and Sixty -Nine Thousand, One Hundred and Ten Naira (N1, 214,869, 110,00) only.

Other's include Unguwar Mani – Korayel -Rorau in Roni and Gwiwa LGAs at the contract sum of Two Billion, Eight Hundred and Twenty-Nine, Thirty-Six Naira, Twenty-Five Kobo (N2,829,599,036.25K) only.

Similarly the roads of Tsamiya – Yalwan Damai – Litinin Tudu in Birnin Kudu LGA at the contract sum of One Hundred and Ninety-Nine Million, Seven Hundred and Twenty-Six Thousand, Four Hundred and Four Naira, Four Kobo (N199,726, 404.04K) only were also affected.

On improvement of Social Security to the down trodden, Hon Sagir stated as part of Governor Namadi efforts to expand Social Security Coverage in the State. The Council has approved the release Two Hundred and Fifty-Four Million, Eight Hundred and Seventy-Seven Thousand, Six Hundred Naira (N254,877,600.00) only for the completion of the Community-Based Targeting project for integration into the Jigawa State Government Social Register Data Management Information System to cover communities left out in the Social Register as presented by Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning.

The State Executive Council has approved the full implementation of the recommendations of the Committee for the Retrieval of Farmlands Allocation across the state by 22 MDAs earlier identified to implement the reports as submitted

to the Council for immediate action on their assigned responsibilities. This is in line with the Committee’s implementation roadmap recommended for promoting peaceful co-existence between farmers and herders across the state.

The Council has approve for not he establishment of a Medical Village for access to world class healthcare service delivery, the Council has approved the award of contract for the Construction of Cardiac Centre, Equipping of Diagnostic Centre, Construction and Equipping of Cryo-Oxygen Plant in Dutse as presented by Ministry of Health:

I. The Construction of Cardiac Centre at Dutse at a contract sum of One Billion, One Hundred and Eight Million, Nine Hundred and Sixty-Four Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-Eight Naira, Sixty-Seven Kobo (N1,108,964,568.67K) only.

II. The Equipping of Diagnostic Centre at Dutse at the contract sum of Four Billion, Five Hundred and Fifty-Five Million, Six Hundred and Seventy-Nine Thousand, Six Hundred and Sixty-Six Naira, Forty- Four Kobo(N4,555,679,666.44K) only. III. The award of contract for Construction and Equipping of Cryo-Oxygen Plant at Dutse at the Contract sum of Two Billion, Two Hundred and Two Million, One Hundred and Sixty-One Thousand, Seventy-NineNaira, Ninety-Three Kobo (N2,202,161,079.93K) only.

• The sum of Three Billion, One Hundred and Twenty-Five Million Naira (N3,125,000,000.00) only as payment of counterpart funds to the Flour Mills Association of Nigeria in respect of emergency procurement of inputs for 10,000 hectares of Wheat Clusters across Jigawa State as presented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

• The Council has also approved the award of contact for the construction of SUBEB Headquarters of Two-Story Building as permanent office at the contract sum of Five Hundred and Nine Million, Three Hundred and Thirty Thousand, Seven Hundred and Sixty-Five Naira, Ninety-Three Kobo (N510,330,765.93K) only as presented by Ministry of Basic Education.