Gov. Bago approves N20,000 wage award to Niger civil servants
Niger State governor, Mohammed Bago, has approved the payment of N20,000 wage awards to the state’s civil servants both at the state and local government level, totalling N1,648,580,000.
The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim, disclosed this in a statement shared on the state government’s official X handle on Wednesday.
Mr Ibrahim in the statement said, “With the state workforce of 26,859 and 55,570 for Local Government totalling 82,429 as of February 2024, each worker got N20,000.
“The payment was in fulfilment of one of the agreements reached between the state govt and the Nigeria Labour Congress, Niger State chapter on February 21, 2024 that N20,000 will be paid in March 2024 to all workers both at the state and the local govt as wage award,” it added.
The governor assured workers in the state of his commitment to their welfare and good working conditions.
The approval came after President Bola Tinubu appealed to governors to make the payments in order to cushion the effects of the economic hardship on the people due to the removal of fuel subsidy and naira floating.
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