In 1962, according to Alhaji Adamu Wazirin Fika, the Government of the
Northern Region faced a shortfall in revenues from falling world commodity
prices. At a crisis meeting of the regional ministers, the first decision
agreed on was that the salaries of the ministers should be cut by 50 per cent.
Today, even
as the polity is becoming more heated due to worsening economic conditions and
plans...
