Kano State Government has commenced the implementation of the new national minimum wage of N71,000 it approved.
A statement on Tuesday evening by the Director, Public Enlightenment, Office of the Head of Civil Service, Aliyu Yusuf, said Kano State workers have started receiving their November salaries with the approved new minimum wage.
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“Being the tradition of the state government for the payments of salary and wages for its workers on the 25th of every month , Kano state workers started receiving their November salaries with the approved increment,” the statement said.
According to Yusuf, the Head of Civil Service Kano State, Abdullahi Musa had expressed gratitude to Almighty Allah for making the governor to fulfilled his promise.
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He said,”Since the very day the governor made the pronouncement on the salary increase, I remained optimistic that the governor ‘s words will be matched with action”.
The Head of Service who is visibly happy, solicited for the cooperation of the teaming civil servants in the state to rededicate themselves to the service for effective and efficient service delivery.
He further urged them to reciprocate the gesture by exhibiting hard work and fear of God in the discharge of their assignments, so as to fully justify what they are earning.
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While reiterating the government’s commitments towards improvement of the welfare of its workers, he admonished them to judiciously utilize the increment to better their living conditions by shunning away from all possible extravagant spendings.
Musa also disclosed that in addition to the implementation of the new minimum wage, Kano state government has also commenced the payments for all the allowances of the health workers in the state.
