Mr El-Rufai says, 'We are not in normal times and we must adjust our thinking and behaviour accordingly. COVID-19 has affected everything...'
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has explained why government decided that civil servants and political appointees who are among persons fortunate to earn incomes during this lockdown should make a contribution to the cost of buying palliatives for vulnerable citizens of Kaduna State who cannot eke out a living due to the lockdown.
Explaining the rationale for the deductions, Mr El-Rufai said it was an action taken across the board to ensure that public servants make some sacrifice for the welfare of other citizens. ‘’If you combine all the civil servants in Kaduna state, including workers in the 23 local governments and all political appointees, we are not up to 100,000. But there are about 10 million people in the state,’’ he said.
Mr El-Rufai said that government decided that Kaduna State Executive members, which include commissioners and Special Advisers, should donate N500,000 each to the Palliative Fund this month. Mr El-Rufai argued that ‘’society is nothing if there is no sense of solidarity, I believe those who have, no matter how little, have a duty to care for others.’’
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