Tag: Sokoto State government
Flood: Sokoto earmarks N1.1bn for Motorised Boats, Life Jackets
Dade-Adare stated that the safety equipment would be distributed to the affected LGAs, except for Dange-Shuni, which was not impacted…
Sokoto govt probes death of man, wife, 5 children after cassava meal
The village head of the community, Muhammadu Modi, who narrated the incident to the Commissioner for Health Asabe Balarabe said…
Sokoto govt. pays off 3 years scholarship arrears
By Habibu Harisu The Sokoto State Government announced that it has begun paying three years’ worth of tuition fees for…
Sokoto workers beg Tambwual for February, March salaries
Sokoto State Commissioner for Information, Akibu Dalhatu, had in the statement claimed Governor Aminu Tambuwal had settled all February outstanding…
Insecurity: Sokoto shuts telecom networks in 14 LGs
The Sokoto State Government has shut telecommunications networks in 14 of the 23 Local Government Areas of the State.
Cholera kills six Sokoto indigenes in Lagos
The Sokoto State Government has confirmed the death of six indigenes of the state in Lagos as a result of…
Five top Sokoto govt officials in N553.9m Pension scandal, docked by EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, arraigned five senior officials of the Sokoto State Primary Education Staff…
Gov. Tambuwal to give women interest-free loans
The Sokoto State government, through its Giginya Microfinance Bank, will be offering interest-free loans to about 1,800 women in the…
Sokoto Govt. to establish Islamic Finance Unit
Sokoto State Government says it has concluded plans to establish Islamic Financing Unit under the state Ministry for Budget and…
Sokoto Govt adopts preventive health strategy
The Sokoto State Government says it has adopted preventive, responsive and curative strategies for healthcare delivery in the state.
Gov. Tambuwal announces free education to children of beggars
Sokoto State Government has announced free education for children of beggars, vulnerable and other less-privileged members of the society.
Sokoto government to collect N1bn from education levy
Sokoto State Government says it is targeting over N1 billion from the education levy it introduced on its workers in…
Sokoto government purchases N100m drugs for pregnant women
The Sokoto State Government has purchased assorted drugs worth N100 million for distribution to pregnant women and under-five children, free…
Fuel Scarcity: Sokoto to sell petrol to motorists
Sokoto State Government says it plans to commence the sale of one million litres of petrol to motorists weekly to…
Sokoto government denies disbanding Hisbah Commission
The Sokoto State Government has denied disbanding the State Hisbah Commission as widely reported in the media. The rebuttal is…
Sokoto trains 115 LG workers
The Sokoto State Government has commenced the training of no fewer than 115 Local Government workers on modern agricultural extension…
Sultan’s 10th anniversary to begin Nov. 2
The Sokoto State Government will hold an International Symposium on the legendary Sokoto Caliphate as part of activities marking the…
Polio: Sokoto govt. to immunise 1.8m children
Sokoto State Government says it is targeting no fewer than 1.8 million children under five years in the ongoing four-day…
Sokoto govt to distribute free antimalarial drugs
The Sokoto State Government says it has stockpiled antimalarial and other drugs in health facilities to combat malaria and other…
Sokoto seals 10 illegal private schools
The Sokoto State Government on Thursday announced the closure of additional 10 illegal private nursery, primary and secondary schools in…
Independence: Sokoto govt. distributes cows to needy
The Sokoto State Government on Thursday, distributed cows to the less privileged in hospitals and some institutions in the state,…
Sokoto Govt. closes 20 illegal schools
Sokoto State Government on Friday announced the closure of 20 illegal primary and secondary schools across the state. This is…
Sokoto govt. to monitor workers performance
The Sokoto State Government will put up a vibrant mechanism to monitor the performance of its workers to enhance service…
Sokoto spends N180m to rebuild 2 Girls’ Arabic Schools
The Sokoto State Government has reconstructed two Girls’ Arabic Secondary Schools in Sokoto city at the cost of over N180…
Sokoto govt. builds 3 Arabic schools with N500m
Sokoto State Government on Thursday said it had established three new Arabic Secondary Schools at the cost of N500 million.…
Sokoto spends N428m on International Islamic Conference Centre
The Sokoto State Government has spent about N627 million on constructing International Islamic Conference Centre and various Jumma’at mosques across…
Economic Crunch: Sokoto withdraws 39 students from UAE
Sokoto State Government has given approval for the transfer back home of its 39 students currently studying in various schools…
12,915 ‘ghost workers’ padded into Sokoto State payroll
The Sokoto State Government said on Thursday that it had discovered no fewer than 12,915 ‘ghost workers’ padded into the…
Sokoto commences payment of pension arrears
The Sokoto State Government says it has commenced the payment of the backlog of pension arrears of about N1.3 billion…
Sokoto to employ 10,000 teachers
The Sokoto State Government is to employ no fewer than 10,000 qualified teachers, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of the state has…