Kaduna already paying N72,000 minimal salary, says gov Sani



Kaduna already paying N72,000 minimal salary, says gov Sani

The Kaduna Order Govt has commenced the implementation of the fresh nationwide minimal salary, with the least-paid associate within the condition receiving N72,000 as rude wage in November.

The advance contradicts claims by way of the Nigerian Labour Congress that the Kaduna Order Govt has defaulted within the cost of the fresh minimal salary.

The PUNCH experiences that many states correct to pay above the N70,000 minimal salary, with Kaduna Order providing its staff  N72,000 as minimal salary.

In spite of the condition providing to pay the authorized N72,000 minimal salary, the condition bankruptcy of the NLC showed its participation within the deliberate national crash by way of the mum frame.

The condition’s chairman of the NLC, Ayuba Suleiman, showed the condition’s participation to certainly one of our correspondents on Saturday.

When requested if the NLC was once ready to embark at the national crash, Suleiman responded, “Yes, we are set for the strike.”

Alternatively, a observation exempt to newsmen on Sunday by way of Malam Ibraheem Musa, Important Press Secretary to Governor Uba Sani, insisted it was once “a misrepresentation for Nigerian Labour Congress to claim that the state has defaulted” within the cost of the fresh minimal salary.

Musa famous that the condition executive has complied with the spirit and letter of the Nationwide Minimal Salary Legislation.

“His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, has complied with the spirit and letter of the National Minimum Wage Law, by paying the lowest paid civil servant N72,000 last month,” he stated.

He added that the NLC has been pushing for consequential changes however that the condition executive argued that there’s a too much between wage increments and the minimal salary.

Musa defined that the condition executive gained a median of N8 billion from the Federal Account Allocation Committee and generated round N4 billion per month, totalling N12 billion in income.

Alternatively, he endured that with the implementation of the minimal salary, the per month salary invoice had higher from N5.4 billion to N6.3 billion, and there’s additionally a N4 billion deduction for mortgage bills each occasion.

This,  he stated, leaves handiest N2 billion for rural transformation, healthcare, schooling, and alternative society products and services within the condition.

“It is going to be unfair for Kaduna Order Govt to spend virtually all its income on consequential changes nearest paying the required minimal salary.

“There are over 10 million people who are also entitled to the accrued revenue of Kaduna State. There are 84,827 civil servants in the state. So, it is unreasonable for the Government to spend over 90% of its revenue on just about 1% of the population,” he added

Musa instructed the NLC to workout persistence over the consequential changes, pending when the condition executive’s income improves.

“Governor Uba Sani is Labour-friendly. He has demonstrated this by providing buses for civil servants to commute to work free of charge, as part of the palliatives to cushion the prevailing economic challenges,” he stated.

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