Kaduna State Government on Monday justified its decision to lay off some of its workers

their disengagement letters.

The retrenchment of the Kaduna State workers came four days after the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, said Nigeria was in huge financial trouble.

Justifying its decision to lay off workers, the Kaduna State  Government said what   it had been receiving “from FAAC (the Federation Account Allocations Committee) since the middle of 2020, like most other sub-nationals, can barely pay salaries and overheads.’’

It said, ‘’In November 2020,  the KDSG had only N162.9m left after paying salaries. That month, Kaduna State got N4.83bn from FAAC and paid N4.66bn as wages.’’