Nigeria, May 2 -- The Jigawa governor, Muhammad Badaru, has said his state is not one of those owing workers or pensioners and has pledged to sustain the trend.

The governor stated this on Saturday at the Ahmadu Bello Hall in Dutse, the state's capital, while addressing workers to mark the international Workers' Day.

In many states, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) used the occasion of Workers' Day to appeal to governors to clear arrears of salaries, pensions, gratuities and death benefits to workers, retirees and their heirs. But Mr Badaru said: "Jigawa is not owing salaries, pensions and gratuities or death benefits to any of its worker (s) retirees because we planned ahead by reducing the cost of governance and save money for the fu...