The governor of Kano State, Mr. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano has stopped the payment of N30, 000 minimum wage to its workers and reverted to the former minimum wage of N18, 000.
Spokesperson for the governor, Mr. Salihu Tanko Yakasai disclosed in an interview yesterday that the action was necessitated by the coronavirus-induced recession.
He said the state was unable to continue paying N30, 000 because what the state is getting now as a government has reduced.
“The state government has reverted to the initial minimum pay due to the recession. What we are getting now as a government has reduced and we cannot afford to pay the N30, 000 minimum wage,” he said.
It was gathered that the government had yet to inform the workers of the latest development.
“We saw the deduction in our November and then December pay and nobody told us anything.
“The pensioners also had deduction in their pay and no reason has been given for this,” a source in the state civil service said.
It would be recalled that in December 2019, the Kano State government agreed with its workers to commence the payment of the new minimum wage, while arrears of April to November 2019, were to be settled in installments.
