 Kano, Oct. 28, 28, 2023 – The Kano State Government is to N6 billion gratuities to about 5,500 retired civil servants in the state.
Gov. Abba Kabir Yusuf, told journalists in Kano on Saturday that the decision to pay the N6 billion was taken on Wednesday at the state Executive Council meeting.
He said the gesture was part of the steps being taken to clear the over N40 billion unpaid gratuities in the state and promised to clear the backlog within two years.
Yusuf stressed that the state government was not borrowing to pay the gratuities.
He said the first beneficiaries would be lower grade retirees whose entitlement did not exceeded N1 million.
Yusuf said the payment of the gratuities would commence next week.
“We have the lists of the beneficiaries and the money at hand by next week we will commence the payment without delay.
“I always sleep and wake up with the issue of gratuities of retired civil servants in my mind. I always think about how to settle and clear this backlog.
“I frequently summon meetings with the Accountant General, Chairman Pension Trust fund, and others to assist me on the way forward.
“It is in the course of this meeting we decided to start paying those of low-grade level, whose amounts have not exceeded N1 million or little above N1 million down to like N150,000 or N250,000.
“I asked them to compile the list and we have got the names of over 5,500 of them.
“By next week, they will receive their gratuities in sha Allah. The total amount as we calculated is about N6 billion and it has since been approved by the State Executive Council. (GBN)
