Adamawa state Governor Bindow Cuts Salary By 50%

   

  Governor of Adamawa State, Muhammadu Umaru Jibrilla Bindow yesterday pledged to cut his salary by 50 per cent adding that he would also appeal to members of the state House of Assembly to do same as their sacrifice for the state to move forward.
 
  Bindow made the pledge during the flag-off of some township roads in the state capital adding that he will also work with minimal number of commissioners to minimise expenditure.
  “I will work with less than 10 commissioners in my cabinet to minimize cost of governance,” he said.
 
  Bindow added that he will extend road construction to the rural areas so that the people in rural communities will also feel the impact of government.
           He reiterated that his government met nearly an empty treasury from Nggilari’s administration but was left with a debt burden to the tune of N44 billion and blamed it for the late payment of May salaries in the state. He noted that Nggilari left behind only N900 million from the federal allocation but was not able to pay May salaries amounting to N2.1billion adding that he had to source for loan to pay the workers their salary.
 
 Bindow said that all the road projects would be completed before the end of the year and called on the people to reciprocate the gesture by giving his government the necessary cooperation and support.