..Mutum 107 daga ciki sun mutu
Daga SANI AHMAD GIWA a Abuja
Bayan shafe shekaru goma ana tafka shari’a, har yanzu ma’aikatan rusasshiyar jaridun New Nigerian (NNN) da suka yi ritaya suna jiran a biya su kuɗaɗen gratuti da fansho, inda adadin waɗanda suka mutu a cikinsu ya kai 107.
Kungiyar Haɗin Kan Jaridun New Nigerian Newspapers (NNN) da suka yi ritaya a wata sanarwa a ranar Laraba sun tabbatar a wata sanarwa da ta fitar a ranar Larabar da ta gabata cewa, wani magidanci mai suna Mista Zakka Bitiyong na Sashen Kasuwanci da Gidan Rediyo, ya rasu a ranar 11 ga Maris, 2025, wanda ya ƙara dagula rikicin.
“Tare da miƙa wuya ga yardar Allah Madaukakin Sarki, ina so in sanar da rasuwar tsohon abokin aikinmu a wajen Mista Zakka Bitiyong, sashen kasuwanci da rediyo. Mutuwarsa ta faru ne a daren jiya, 11 ga Maris, 2025.
“Wasu mutane 29 da suka ci gajiyar wannan tallafin na jiran wannan biyan daga Gwamnonin Arewa suna cikin matsanancin rashin lafiya kuma suna kwance a asibiti,” waɗanda suka tsira sun ƙara da cewa.
Wata sanarwa ɗauke da sa hannun Alhaji Sadiƙ Tela a madadin ƙungiyar dattawan da kuma Friday Sule na ƙungiyar haɗin kan jaridu ta New Nigerian Newspapers (JUNNN), ta bayyana cewa an samu fahimtar juna “bayan sasantawar da gwamnonin Arewa suka yi da Albert Iweka & Co., wanda aka amince da shi a ranar 27 ga Nuwamba, 2024, wanda babbar kotun tarayya ta Nijeriya ta samu. Hasashe ya yi yawa, idan aka yi la’akari da matsanancin talauci da wannan fa’ida mai jiran gado ta shirya.”
“Gwamnonin Arewa sun yi taho-mu-gama a cikin Naira biliyan 7 bayan sun sayar da kadarorin Sabbin Jaridun Nijeriya da sunan biyan masu cin gajiyar NNN, amma har ya zuwa yanzu ba a biya ko sisin kwabo daga cikin Naira biliyan 2.5 da ake bin waɗanda suka yi ritaya ba,” inji jami’an ƙungiyar.
Sun koka da halin da ake ciki na rashin biyansu haƙƙoƙinsu na Naira biliyan 2.1, inda suka jaddada cewa adadin mambobin da ke jiran wannan tallafi ya kai 107 a ƙidaya na ƙarshe.
“Ku tuna cewa su biyun Barista Iweka da Idi Sule, dukkan tsoffin ma’aikatan jaridar New Nigerian, sun maka Gwamnonin Arewa kara kotu kan biyansu hakkokinsu, daga bisani kuma suka samu umurnin daskarar da asusun New Capital Properties Limited (NCPL), inda kuɗaɗen sayar da kadarorin NNN suke gida,” sanarwar ta jaddada.
“Bayan yunƙurin da sabbin masu cin gajiyar ‘yan Nijeriya suka yi, al’amarin ya ruguje, kuma duk wani umarni na garnishee da aka kafa tun farko an bar shi, kuma duk bangarorin sun daidaita daidai gwargwado ban da sabbin masu cin gajiyar Nijeriya.”
Tela ya bayyana cewa sama da kwanaki 100 da hutun shari’ar kotun mai zafi da aka kwashe shekaru 10 ana yi, duk wasu sabbin ‘yan Nijeriya da suka ci gajiyar gwamnonin Arewa 19 suna ta yawo a cikin jeji suna ci da cizon hakora.
Sai dai waɗanda suka yi ritaya sun yaba wa sakataren gwamnatin jihar Kaduna mai ci, wanda ya zuwa yanzu ya kwantar da mana hankali ta hanyar ƙulla huldar dabaru da Kamfanin Raya Arewacin Nijeriya da Sakatarorin Gwamnonin Arewa, inda suka ce, “Waɗannan yunƙuri na jajantawa, amma idan aka yi la’akari da halin da ake ciki na taɓarɓarewar tattalin arziki, sama da 800 da suka ci gajiyar tallafin, waɗanda suka riga sun kashe mutane kusan 10,000 a cikin kukan.
“Gwamnonin Arewa a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Gwamna Inuwa Yahaya na jihar Gombe, suna da ikon yanke hukunci kan makomar sabbin masu cin gajiyar sabbin Nijeriya kusan 1,000.
“Mun yi amfani da wannan damar wajen rokon ƙungiyar gwamnoninmu ta Arewa da su kawo mana dauki domin adadin wadanda suka ci gajiyar NNN da ke jiran biyan su ya kai 106 ya zuwa watan Janairun 2025.
“A cikin watan Ramadan, muna rokon gwamnoninmu na Arewa da su tausaya wa iyalanmu saboda yawancin mu ba sa iya yin buda baki.”
