Civil servants in Niger State have been implored to embrace programmes that will earn them more income than their salaries, which will encourage them at their time of retirement.
stated this when flagging off Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria wet season farming for state civil servants in Minna.
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello, while urging the civil servants to key into the scheme, acknowledged that the programme has immense benefits as it will create job opportunities, increase the income of civil servants and boost the internally generated revenue of the state. The governor disclosed that over 4000 civil servants are targeted for the first phase of the programme, adding that he will engage the Central Bank Of Nigeria so as to increase the number in the next farming season, pointing out that the state has the capacity to cultivate enough rice to feed the nation.
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