Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has fulfilled his campaign promise of improving the welfare of pensioners and workers in the state by paying N6 billion in gratuities and death benefits to 5,500 retirees.
According to Newsmen, the payment was inaugurated at a ceremony held at the Coronation Hall, Government House in Kano, on Saturday, December 3, 2023.
The governor said he was concerned about the plight of the retirees who had served the state diligently but had not been paid their entitlements.
He also said he had stopped the illegal deduction of monthly salary and pension that had been going on in the state.
He vowed to end the injustice and ensure that no pension or salary deduction would happen henceforth. He also promised to put in place a system that would see continued payment of gratuities and entitlements monthly.
The Chairman of the Kano State Pension Fund Trustees, Habu Fagge, said the board had inherited a backlog of N48.6 billion. He assured that the governor's administration had plans to ensure efficiency in the settlement of the gratuities.
He said the current administration would set a target of settling the backlog of the gratuity by 20 months.
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