The governor of Kano State in northern Nigeria has under an executive order slashed the salaries of his political appointees and other high-earned workers in the state.

This is to accommodate the dwindling resources of the state as the coronavirus bites hard in the west African country. Kano is one of the worst-hit states.

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Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje made this known in a statement released by his press secretary. He blamed the lockdown necessitated by the coronavirus disease on the stalling of economic activities.

This has in turn led to a drastic fall in revenue mobilisation. He said the decision affected the governor, deputy governor and all public office holders in the state.

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This has triggered a fall in revenue mobilisation thereby necessitating such drastic measures to keep the states in particular and the country as a whole, afloat.

Abba Anwar, Chief Press Secretary to the governor confirmed the news in a press release. He said the decision affected the governor, deputy governor and all public office holders in the state.

“Due to shortfall in the federation account and collapse in the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) because of COVID-19 challenges, all political office holders in Kano State are to receive half salaries with effect from May.

“There is also a serious setback in the IGR, due to COVID-19 pandemic challenges. Whereas almost all companies in the state are no longer in operation due to lockdown.

“Other areas where the state gets revenue are no longer operational. This also is another reason for slashing the salaries”

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Women across the globe aims at taking active role in politics and governance and it has always been the dream of every black woman to steer affairs as it raises their self-esteem and gives them prestige.

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Nollywood veteran actress Kate Henshaw, is lucky as she has been graced with the opportunity to serve in the Kano state government. A honour many would have wish to have.

What might have been the great news? Africacelebrities.com shares the joy behind her post.

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The celebrated actress has taken to social media with reactions to a recent appointment made by the governor of Kano state, Abudullahi Umar Ganduje.

Kate posted a photo of a letter headed Kano state government confirming the appointment of one Anwalu Salisu Kingdom as a senior special assistant on street lights.

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The popular actress whilst sharing the document seemed to have been left completely speechless for a moment, as she simply expressed herself with a couple of crying emoticons.

The respected actress shares her pot on popular micro blogging blog; Twitter her appointed letter as shown below:

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