Sokoto workers threaten strike action over high cost of houses sold to them by government

All is not well in Sokoto state  as government civil servants residing in Yauri flats and Bado quarters in the Sokoto metropolis, Tuesday petitioned the State House of Assembly over the high cost of the houses recently sold to them by the immediate past administration.

 ''The cost of these houses is outrageous and we are pleading with the assembly to assist and review it downward, as well as extend the deadline for the payment to a more reasonable and affordable period,'' leader of the workers pleaded.

Lodging their complaints before the members of the Assembly, the leader of the aggrieved workers, Malam Sama'ila Illo, decried that the residents of the Yauri flats were asked to pay N 2.3 million for each house, while those of Bado quarters were asked to pay N5 million.

According to him, the government asked them to pay the cost of the houses within only one month, apart from the payment of a N 50,000 non-refundable fee.

Per Second News gathered that the workers are also threatening strike options if the situation remains the same.