New Minimum Wage Payment Close as Kano Gov Signs Extra Budget Into Law, Details Emerge

New Minimum Wage Payment Close as Kano Gov Signs Extra Budget Into Law, Details Emerge

  • The Kano state house of assembly has finally passed a supplementary budget of NN99 billion
  • The speaker of the house, Jibril Falgore, said that the budget would enable the state government to implement the new minimum wage and other services as the fund would be extended on recurrent, personnel and overhead cost
  • An aide to Governor Abba Yusuf disclosed that the Kano No.1 citizen has signed the supplementary budget into law

Legit.ng journalist, Ridwan Adeola Yusuf, has over 9 years of experience covering public journalism.

Kano, Kano state - The Kano house of assembly on Friday, September 6, 2024, passed a supplementary budget of N99 billion.

Legit.ng gathered that the extra budget was to enable the state government to implement the N70,000 new national minimum wage and other services.

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Breaking news: Minimum Wage payment imminent in Kano as Governor Yusuf signs 2024 supplementary budget into law
A state advisory committee is in place in Kano 'to deliver a practical plan for immediate implementation of the new national minimum wage'. Photos credit: @babarh
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The fund would be extended on recurrent, personnel, and overhead costs.

Addressing newsmen after the passage of the budget, Aminu Sa’ad, the chairman of the Kano state house of assembly committee on appropriations, explained that 42 percent is for recurrent expenditure while 58 percent of the budget is earmarked for capital expenditure.

The legislator confirmed that the supplementary budget will cover the payment of the new minimum wage and the upcoming local government elections. Legit.ng reports that the polls are slated for Saturday, October 26.

Minimum wage: Kano gov signs supplementary budget

A few hours after the state lawmakers passed the N99 billion supplementary budget, Abdullahi Ibrahim, the senior special assistant on digital media to Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, disclosed that his principal has signed the extra financial plan into law.

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Ibrahim shared pictures of Governor Yusuf exchanging a document with Jibrin Falgore, the speaker of the Kano state house of assembly.

Two other public officials were also pictured with the governor.

Check out Ibrahim's update below, made available via his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle:

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Kano includes minimum wage in supplementary budget

On Tuesday, August 27, Legit.ng reported that the Kano government presented the supplementary budget to the state house of assembly.

An aide to the governor revealed that part of the supplementary budget will be used to cover the new minimum wage payment agreed between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the federal government.

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Ridwan Adeola (Current Affairs Editor) Ridwan Adeola Yusuf is a content creator with more than nine years of experience, He is also a Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a Higher National Diploma in Mass Communication from the Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State (2014). Ridwan previously worked at Africa Check, contributing to fact-checking research works within the organisation. He is an active member of the Academic Excellence Initiative (AEI). In March 2024, Ridwan completed the full Google News Initiative Lab workshop and his effort was recognised with a Certificate of Completion. Email: ridwan.adeola@corp.legit.ng.