Minimum Wage: Kano Reverts Payment To N18,000

Kano State Government has reverted to the N18,000 old wage to pay it workers for the month of March.

The State Commissioner of Information, Muhammad Garba who confirmed this in a statement said the present financial situation has weakened the state government’s ability to implement the new salary package.

According to him, “given the present financial situation, government would find it difficult to implement the consolidated salary for the month of March, which is though a temporary measure.”

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He said, “Kano state government has never dithered in the payment of workers’ salary since its inception.

“The drop in federal allocation for the period under review has made it difficult for the government to implement the new salary package.

“For the month of March, the state government received a total allocation of N12, 400, 000, 000 billion from the federation account, out of which the state collected N6, 100, 000, 000, 000 billion, while the 44 local governments collected the sum of N6, 300, 000, 000 billion.

“For the state government to pay the consolidated wages to its workers, it needs additional billions of naira which is currently not available.”

To this end, Garba urged the labour unions in the state to shelve it proposed strike over the matter.

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