The government of Niger state has disclosed plans to engage over 4000 political appointees in 2022.
This was disclosed by the aecretary to the Niger State Government, Ahmed Matane during the 2022 budget defence at the House of Assembly, in Minna.
According to him, those to be appointed would be responsible for the management of political activities ahead of the 2023 elections.
He said, “We are hoping that next year, with the heat of political activities coming up, there may be political appointments for political activities and management.”
“We have done categorisation of political appointees in 2021 and we had 4,470 initially but the actual number by September ending rose to 5,113. What we are anticipating in 2022 will be 9,439,” the SSG explained, adding that over N1.7bn was paid to them in 2021.