Sokoto begins payment of N6,500 monthly stipend to disabled people The Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has commenced monthly payment of N6,500 stipends to all physically-challenged persons in the state. The Press Secretary to the Governor, Malam Abubakar Bawa, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, the payment began on Tuesday in three centres in Sokoto North, Dange Shuni and Gwadabawa local government areas of the state. He said the exercise witnessed a large turnout of the already screened physically-challenged persons, who received N6,500 each as their monthly stipends. The statement...