That the Gombe State Government is boastful of being among the states not owing workers’ salaries as an accomplishment is an egregious disappointment, to say the least.
The population of Gombe State is roughly three million. The state’s 60,000 workforce out of its three million population passes a chilling message that merely two per cent of the population is employed as civil servants. But when you put into the equation the fact that the three million population contains approximately 38 per cent children who are dependents, it’s not difficult to see that more than 50 per cent of the Gombe population are private sector survivors.
As if to exacerbate the welfare of the people of Gombe State, the government, in a frantic reactionary move to make up for shortfall coming from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee plans to increase taxes. It is paradoxical that whereas everywhere else in the world governments are strategising on ways to give businesses tax freedom in a bid to infuse life into them, Gombe State Government is mulling an action that would strangulate the private sector.
For starters, the soil of the state is rich. In this era where the Federal Government has embarked on a policy of self-sufficiency in food production, the state’s soil and its vibrant youth policy puts it in a prime position to feed Nigeria and lift the population out of poverty.
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