The federal government has approved the payment of all outstanding salaries of all the workers of the New Nigerian Newspapers, Plateau State Governor and Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, Simon Lalong has said.
The governor revealed this Monday when he received Secretaries to Governments of the 19 Northern States who paid him a courtesy visit at the new Government House, Little Rayfield Jos.
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He said the payment will enable a final decision to be taken on the future of the newspaper, which shut down operation some years back.
He said the Forum was looking forward to the outcome of the meeting, which will form its agenda for the next meeting scheduled for the first quarter of this year.
The governor also asked them to look into the issue of the almajiri phenomenon, which the Forum has resolved to address once and for all.
“If we do not work in synergy and collaboration with one another, it will be difficult to tackle issues of insecurity which manifest in insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, violent clashes and attacks of innocent persons,” he said.
Responding, Secretary to the Government of Kaduna State, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, who led the delegation said they were in the state to review some of the pending issues of the Northern Governors Forum, including reports that have been pending for many years.
He said the issue of a commercial bank with controlling shares from the region, which has been on table for a long time despite financial commitments by some member states needs to be resolved as soon as possible to ginger economic revival of the region.
