Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state has announced that the state will commence payment of the newly approved N70,000 minimum wage starting this month, October 2024.
The senior special assistant to the governor on new media, Abdulrahman Bundi, in a Facebook post on Thursday, October 10, said, Zulum convened a meeting with the state minimum wage implementation committee, where he directed that civil servants be paid the new national wage.
He said:
Speaking further, Bundi also disclosed that Governor Zulum has approved the release of N3 billion to pay entitlements for families of deceased civil servants in Borno state.
He also made a symbolic cheque presentation to the Nigerian Union of Pensioners.
PremiumTimes also confirmed the development in its publication on Thursday.
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Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Ahmed Ododo, the governor of Kogi state, has approved the payment of N72,500 minimum wage for workers in the state.
Governor Ododo’s action followed the submission of the Minimum Wage Committee report on Monday, October 7, 2024.
The governor also announced that the payment of the newly approved minimum wage would commence in October ending.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
