State Government Has Said it is Reverting to the old N18,000 miminum wage as a result of the reduction in federal allocation.
The salaries of workers would be based on the old wage for the month of March, the state government said.
Kano State Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, confirmed this in a statement on Monday.
He said, “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.
“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.”
He said, 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.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-3363599623345879&output=html&h=430&slotname=5786149190&adk=2443398076&adf=2610291642&pi=t.ma~as.5786149190&w=412&lmt=1617664039&rafmt=11&psa=0&format=412×430&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepointng.com%2Fmimimum-wage-again-kano-reverts-to-n18000-cites-reduced-federal-allocation%2F&flash=0&fwr=1&wgl=1&dt=1617664037707&bpp=20&bdt=2370&idt=1310&shv=r20210401&cbv=r20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&prev_fmts=412×343&correlator=2396047786020&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=667654791.1617664038&ga_sid=1617664039&ga_hid=1863026392&ga_fc=0&rplot=4&u_tz=60&u_his=1&u_java=0&u_h=892&u_w=412&u_ah=892&u_aw=412&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=0&ady=2519&biw=412&bih=791&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=42530671%2C44737561%2C44740079%2C44739387%2C21066973&oid=3&pvsid=1126259097149657&pem=362&rx=0&eae=0&fc=896&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C412%2C0%2C412%2C791%2C412%2C791&vis=1&rsz=o%7C%7CeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=8320&bc=31&ifi=3&uci=a!3&btvi=2&fsb=1&xpc=MdEv8NZVOq&p=https%3A//www.thepointng.com&dtd=1353
“For the state government to pay the consolidated wages to its workers, it needs additional billions of naira which is currently not available,” Garba said.
He urged labour unions in the state to shelve their proposed strike over the matter.
He said, at a meeting with the labour union in May 2020, there was an understanding that government would pay workers’ salaries based on percentage of the total disbursement received.
The Commissioner recalled that in November/December, last year, a similar necessary but temporary measure was adopted in the payment of workers’ salary as a result of the shortage to keep the government going which was, however, reversed for the months of January and February, after the situation improved.
He noted that Kano was the first among the few states in the federation to agree to the implementation of the minimum wage without any hesitation, which, he said, should have been put into consideration by the organized labour.
