Labour kicks against FG’s plan to borrow pension funds for infrastructural development

unds for infrastructural development.

According to them, it is imperative to halt any further plans to tap into the funds, especially given the lack of transparency and accountability in past government borrowing practices. They argued that the government’s proposal to further leverage the funds for the purported betterment of housing and infrastructural sectors raises serious questions about fiscal prudence and responsible governance.

They therefore insisted that it was incumbent on the government to prioritise alternative sources of funding that do not imperil the financial security of Nigerian workers. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State on Friday joined his Northwest counterparts on advocacy meeting with the officials of United Nations in Abuja. Those at the meeting alongside Yusuf were Governors of Kaduna, Uba Sani; Katsina, Ummaru Dikko Radda; Jigawa, Mohammad Namadi; Zamfara, Dauda Lawan Dare; and the deputy governor of Sokoto State…

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