Kano, Kano state – The Kano government on Tuesday, August 27, presented the supplementary budget to the state house of assembly.
According to Abdullahi Ibrahim, the senior special assistant on digital media to Governor Abba Yusuf, part of the supplementary Budget will be used to cover the new minimum wage payment agreed between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the federal government.
TimesNow.com.ng understands that Governor Yusuf wrote to the state legislators seeking their approval for the 2024 supplementary budget totalling N99,221,503,569.90.
Governor Yusuf’s request letter was read on the floor of the house during a plenary session presided over by the speaker, Ismail Falgore.
Speaking to newsmen after the presentation of the letter to the house, Musa Shanono, the state commissioner for planning and budget, said:
Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that as attention remains on the implementation of the new national minimum wage, a basis for negotiation between the Kano state government and the workers is still not in place.
As reported by The Nation, the committee set up by the Kano state government to advise it on the process of implementing the new minimum wage is yet to submit its report.
Proofreading by James, Ojo Adakole, journalist and copy editor at TimesNow.com.ng.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
