Kaduna approves N72K as minimum wage for civil servants

The Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has approved a new minimum wage of N72,000 for civil servants in the state.

The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ibraheem Musa, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Kaduna.

He said the new minimum wage would take effect from November.

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Musa added that the approval was aimed at improving the living conditions of the low-income, the vulnerable and the underserved communities in the state.

He restated the government’s commitment to implementing policies that would uplift the less privileged and make the state a model for social welfare programmes in the country.

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