Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has approved the payment of end of year bonus to civil servants in the state.
To this effect, Civil servants will in the month of December receive bonuses ranging from 100% of monthly pay for junior civil servants to 30% for senior civil servants.
This is according to a statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor, Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye.
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The statement explained that the end of the year bonus is part of the state government’s efforts to boost morale and enhance the welfare of civil servants.
Adekeye in the statement said, under the scheme, workers from Grade Levels 1-7 will be paid 100% of their monthly salary as bonus, Middle level civil servants from Grade Level 8-13 will get 40%, while senior officers on Grade Level 14 and above will receive 30% of their monthly earning.
The 2021 end of year bonus will cost the state N1.382bn.
The statement recalled In September 2019, the Kaduna State Government became the first government, national or subnational, to pay the new national minimum wage, and also increased the minimum pension to N30,000 monthly for retirees on defined benefit.
