Workers day: We are ready to pay minimum wage – Ganduje
Ahmad Sorondinki, Kano
Kano state Government has concluded all the necessary arrangements for the implementation of the new thirty thousand naira minimum wage to civil servants in the state.
Celebrating the annual workers day at Sani Abacha Stadium, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje stated that enhancing the welfare of civil servants in has been his major cardinal thrust and that nothing would serve as a cog in the wheel of his resolve to forge ahead. .
He however explained that in an effort to boost the morale of civil servants,the state government had abolished the dichotomy between degree holders and HND holders working in the state.
According to him, that his administration had concluded all necessary arrangements and logistics in implementing the thirty thousand naira new menimum wage approved by president Mohammad Buhari.
In his remark the chairman of the Nigerian labour r Congress Kano chapter comrade Kabiru Ado minjibir commended the efforts of the government for enhancing walfare and working condition of civil servants in the state.
He appealed to the state government to implement payment of allouwances for workers of state tertiary institution as is applicable to their colleagues in the federal civil service.
He urged civil servants in the state to reciprocate government gestures by being committed to their assigned responsibility aimed at achieving effective service
