Workers in Adamawa, pensioners to receive N10,000 monthly subsidy removal allowance
BY BABAGANA JIDDA KANEMPRESS
27TH JULY, 2023
Workers as well as pensioners on the payroll of the Adamawa State Government will receive N10,000 each month as allowance for petrol subsidy removal.
According to state government the special
palliative allowance unveiled in Yola on Wednesday, will last six months,
The chairman of the committee set up by the state government to determine the package, Dr Edgar Amos Sunday, at the Government House in Yola, said buses would be provided to move workers between their houses and the state secretariat in Jimeta, where most of the ministries are located.
Sunday, who is also the Chief of Staff to Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, said similar buses would be provided to provide inter-local government transport to members of the public at subsidised fares.
The chief of staff also said that Governor Fintiri has approved the full implementation of the national minimum wage for local government workers beginning with the salary of August.
According to him the state government, also approved the procurement of 70 trucks of maize and 20 trucks of rice for distribution to the people of the state at subsidised rates.
“The government will also purchase 50 trucks of fertiliser specifically for workers at a subsidised rate,” Dr Sunday said.
He noted that the measures were part of the recommendations submitted by the special committee constituted to reduce the effects of subsidy removal.
In response to the palliative package by the Adamawa State Government, the state Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Dauda Aliyu, said organised labour will continue to protect the interests of workers under its umbrella.
Reports say that while workers under the state government have been receiving the N32,000 minimum wage (to be N42,000 for the next six months because of the new palliative), workers on the payroll of the different local government councils had only been receiving what was due to them before the minimum wage regime.
