The Kaduna State Executive Council on Monday approved that the payment of the new national minimum wage and consequential adjustments to civil servants will begin from 1st September, 2019.
A statement signed by Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to the state governor on Media and Communication, said the Executive Council meeting was chaired by Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, the Deputy Governor of the state.
He noted that the commitment of Governor Nasir El-Rufai is to strengthen the public service and its capacity to deliver quality and responsive public service.
He said the council deliberated on the minimum wage memo and unanimously approved commencement of the implementation in September 2019.
According to the new wage structure, the lowest paid workers in the state’s civil service will enjoy increments of as much as 67 percent. Middle-ranking officers from Grade 10 to 14 were awarded increments of 60 percent.
“Paying the new national minimum wage and consequential adjustments will increase the wage bill of the Kaduna State Government by 33 percent. Gross monthly salary outlay will rise to N3.759bn from the current N2.827bn.
“This almost N1bn monthly increase in the wage bill means that salary and pension commitments will take the lion’s share of state government’s expenditure. Meeting these salary obligations while meeting development objectives for citizens will further raise the pressure to expand and deepen revenue sources and collections,” he said.
