Minimum Wage: Borno Gov Approves Payment of N70,000, Discloses When Workers Will Receive Alert

Minimum Wage: Borno Gov Approves Payment of N70,000, Discloses When Workers Will Receive Alert

  • Borno Governor Babagana Zulum has assured workers of the payment of the N70,000 minimum wage
  • On Thursday, Governor Zulum disclosed that the payment of the N70,000 salary will commence in October
  • The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on New Media, Abdulrahman Bundi, confirmed in a terse statement and shared further details

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state has announced that the state will commence payment of the newly approved N70,000 minimum wage starting this month, October 2024.

Minimum wage: Borno govt ready to pay workers N70k
Zulum speaks on payment of N70,000 minimum wage. Photo credit: Borno state government
Source: Facebook

Borno governor orders payment of minimum wage in October

The senior special assistant to the governor on new media, Abdulrahman Bundi, in a Facebook post on Thursday, October 10, said, Zulum convened a meeting with the state minimum wage implementation committee, where he directed that civil servants be paid the new national wage.

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He said:

“The meeting was held in Maiduguri on Monday at the council chamber of the government house.”

Speaking further, Bundi also disclosed that Governor Zulum has approved the release of N3 billion to pay entitlements for families of deceased civil servants in Borno state.

He also made a symbolic cheque presentation to the Nigerian Union of Pensioners.

“Governor Zulum also assured that he would clear the backlog of gratuities owed and ensure an upward review of monthly payments of pensions in the state,” he added.

PremiumTimes also confirmed the development in its publication on Thursday.

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Minimum wage: Kogi announces over N70k payment

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Ahmed Ododo, the governor of Kogi state, has approved the payment of N72,500 minimum wage for workers in the state.

Governor Ododo's action followed the submission of the Minimum Wage Committee report on Monday, October 7, 2024.

The governor also announced that the payment of the newly approved minimum wage would commence in October ending.

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Esther Odili (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Esther Odili is a journalist and a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng with 6+ years of experience. She Holds OND and HND in Mass Communication from the Nigerian Institue of Journalism (NIJ), where she was recognized as the best student in print journalism in 2018. Before joining Legit.ng, Esther has worked with other reputable media houses, such as the New Telegraph newspaper and Galaxy Television. In 2024, Esther obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. Email: esther.odili@corp.legit.ng.