Hundreds of main college academics have been thrown into jubilation after the N70,000 minimal wage authorised by Governor Babagana Zulum for civil servant was paid for his or her October salaries.
The cost adopted the approval of N70,000 minimal wage for the state’s workforce earlier in October by Governor Zulum.
The academics began celebrating the brand new wage which was paid into their respective {bank} accounts on Thursday as many took to their numerous social media platforms to publish screenshots of their cost alerts.
Governor Zulum had introduced the approval of the pay rise for employees within the state on October 10 in a gathering with the minimal wage implementation committee members.
Throughout this assembly, he additionally authorised N3 billion for the cost of entitlements to households of civil servants that died in Borno State.
In the meantime, the state chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has described the minimal wage paid by Borno State authorities as the most effective to this point within the North-East area.
The state Chairman of NLC, Comr Inuwa Yusuf, gave the commendation final week in Maiduguri.
“After a collection of conferences, we harmonised the wage desk which was utilized within the final couple of days. Our members have referred to as in and expressed their gratitude. We felt it was a really good one, and we imagine different states within the North-East can’t be higher than us; we now have seen what a number of different states have paid, and we don’t know of different states that can pay higher as now, our state is main. We now have to commend His Excellency for this big stride,” Comr Yusuf mentioned.
