A press release issued in Gusau on Saturday by Yusuf Idris, Director-General, Press Affairs to the governor, said the gesture was to assist the LG workers celebrate the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir with ease.
He said the order, followed similar one earlier, in which the governor directed that state government workers also be paid 2019 leave grant together with their July salary.
The governor gave the directive after a meeting with the council chairmen at the Government House.
“The governor used the occasion to declare that unlike during the past administrations when council chairmen gave part of their councils’ funds to the state Chief Executive, he will not ask for or collect any money from the councils and will not deny or refuse to give them approval for genuine requests,” the statement added