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Sacked workers go spiritual, organize special ritual in Zamfara

By: John Bassey Zamfara.

Over 3000 civil servants confirmed to have been retrenched from service by Zamfara state government during a screening exercise conducted about two years ago have resorted to go spiritual, organized special ritual prayers seeking divine intervention.

The sacked workers comprised teachers, health workers among others from across the 14 local government areas lamented that they were denied salaries since February 2025 in the state.

According to one of victim, Mohammed Shamsu who spoke on Monday shortly after the special prayer session aim for God intervention,said they would continue with recitation of Quran seeking for Allah’s intervention in the state.

“We are human beings like any other person,we have families who solely depend on us, but state government denied us salaries since February this year, this is inhuman”. He lamented.

Also, speaking, another victim who broke in tears, lamented that they have exhorted all avenues From commissioner to head of state civil service for their intervention and restored their means of livelihoods, but have not succeeded.

The victims further disclosed that they have once met with Governor Dauda lawal for his intervention, where he promised to settle the matter, but up till now he put deep eye on us.

“We also have taken our complaint to commissioner for education and head of service to look into our matter, we don’t know our sin, we have the qualifications and we are professionals in our fields of work rendering services for the state government, we need help please”.

The sacked workers who were cut across the fourteen local government areas have maintained that prayer and recitation of Holy Quran would continue, urge Governor Dauda lawal to have human feelings look into their plights.

It could be recalled that on February this year the state government through it’s verification committee said a total of 2,363 ghost workers were uncovered

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