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Breaking: Governor El-Rufai approves new minimum wage for workers from September



Governor El-Rufai of Kaduna has approved the payment of the new national minimum wage for the state workers which is expected to begin from September 1.

This was contained in a statement signed by Muyiwa Adekeye who is the special adviser to the governor on media and publicity on Monday, August 26.

This was revealed during the state executive council meeting chaired by the deputy governor, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe. She said the governor was committed to strengthening public service and its capacity to deliver quality and responsive service.

The spokesperson said: “The executive council stated it’s that commitment to the public service includes a desire to improve the standard of living of workers in the state.

“Pursuant to that, the Kaduna state government launched a pay review process early in 2018. A cabinet committee was charged with exploring how the Kaduna state government can sustainably improve public sector salaries.”

The governor was said to have considered several scenarios particularly internally generated revenue and federal allocation before reaching the decision.

“Several salary scenarios were considered, and one option was identified as most prudent. A final decision was suspended as negotiations for a new national minimum wage appeared to gather momentum. It was reactivated after the federal government announced the new national minimum wage in April 2019," he said.

According to him, paying the new national minimum wage and consequential adjustments will increase the wage bill of the Kaduna state government by 33% while gross monthly salary outlay will rise to N3.759bn from the current N2.827bn.

“This almost N1bn monthly increase in the wage bill means that salary and pension commitments will take the lion’s share of state government expenditure. Meeting these salary obligations while meeting development objectives for citizens will further raise the pressure to expand and deepen revenue sources and collections.

“According to the new wage structure, the lowest paid workers in the civil service enjoyed increments of as much as 67%. Middle-ranking officers from Grade 10 to 14 were awarded increments of 60%," he added.

Meanwhile, the governor of Zamfara, Bello Matawalle, agreed to pay the new minimum wage of N30,000 to local government workers in the state.

This was disclosed by the chairman of the state’s local government service commission, Alhaji Mallami Yandoto on Tuesday, August 6.

Yandoto, who spoke in Gusau, the capital of Zamfara, said the governor was not satisfied with the poor working conditions to which the local government employees were subjected, especially as they are on a salary below the former N18,000 minimum wage.

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