Workers of the Kaduna State Water Company, KADSWAC, have recommended Governor Uba Sani for his magnanimity to clear the backlog of their N800 million wage arrears.
Talking to journalists, a number of the employees members, who didn’t need their names printed, famous that the non-payment of their salaries preceded the present administration.
They mentioned Mr Sani may have chosen to comb the matter beneath the carpet however his resolution to handle the difficulty as soon as and for all, “he has proven that he has the milk of human kindness in him”.
Additionally talking, one other staffer who merely recognized herself as Hajiya Hadiza mentioned: “Judging from his insurance policies and programmes, Governor Uba Sani has demonstrated that he has the plight of staff and the frequent man at coronary heart”.
“His rural transformation programme and the revamping of the schooling sector, in addition to healthcare present that he’s a folks’s Governor,” Mrs Hadiza added.
Recall that the Commissioner of Public Works and Infrastructure, Ibrahim Hamza, had revealed that the governor directed cost of wage backlog of KADSWAC employees in 4 tranches.
Mr Hamza, who made this recognized at a press briefing on Wednesday, additionally disclosed that employees of KADSWAC could be put again on the state’s payroll, until 2027 when the company should have absolutely stabilised to run as a business entity.
The commissioner recalled that the governor had earlier declared a state of emergency within the water sector three months in the past, which resulted within the appointment of Kabir Rufai as substantive Managing Director of KADSWAC.
He additional disclosed that N93 billion could be invested in KADSWAC in 4 installments, beginning with N17 billion this yr, including that N35 billion will probably be invested subsequent yr, whereas N30 billion will probably be invested in 2026 and N11 billion will probably be invested in 2027.
Mr Hamza additional disclosed that, “the earlier administrations invested $500 million into the city water provide scheme within the final 10 years with no consequence.
‘’Reasonably, capability utilisation dropped down from 43% in 2017 to eight% in 2023 with 5% protection,’’ he added.
