Kano state government has reaffirmed its commitment to the continuous implementation of the N30, 000.00 minimum wage for civil servants.
It, however, said that deduction in November/December workers’ salary was a temporary measure informed by the drop in federal allocation and dwindling internally generated revenue occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The state commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba in a statement, indicated that “the deduction was necessary to keep the government going in the face of the prevailing economic recession facing the country.”
“The state government took the measure instead of contemplating on paying half salary or in batches as obtains in other states or layoffs,” said the Commissioner.
Malam Garba said that a similar temporary measure was taken, including a cut in the allowances for all political appointees in its administrative structure, during the first wave of the pandemic in the country between March and July, last year, which was withdrawn soon after the virus situation improved.
The commissioner, therefore, gave the assurance that as soon as the state of affairs improves, the state government would not hesitate to pay workers in its employ the full salary.
He solicited the support and cooperation of the entire workforce in the state to bear with the situation and desist from spreading rumours on the government’s intention.
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