By Agency Report
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Kaduna chapter, has commended Governor Uba Sani for recalling some of the teachers dismissed by the immediate past administration in the state.
The State NLC chairman, Ayuba Suleiman gave the commendation while addressing members of the Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists, NGIJ, who are currently in the state on a Governance Assessment visit.
It would be recalled that Kaduna former Government headed by Nasir el-Rufai had sacked more than 23,000 teachers, including the then National President of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, between 2018 and 2021.
Mr Suleiman disclosed that the present administration had so far reinstated head teachers, administrative staff and science teachers affected by the mass sack, noting that the process of correcting the errors of the past government was ongoing.
On the issue of new minimum wage, the labour leader revealed that the governor had approved the payment of N72,000 minimum wage for workers on grade levels 1–7, saying that it has already taken effect.
“We appreciate His Excellency for his prompt action on the new minimum wage.
“Discussions are ongoing on the consequential adjustments for senior staff and the state government will require more than N1.2 billion monthly to fully implement the new wage structure”.
He further lauded the governor for deploying 20 buses to provide free transportation to workers and students as a measure to cushion the impact of fuel subsidy removal.
The NGIJ members are engaging stakeholders through administering questionnaires across the 23 local government areas of Kaduna State as part of their ongoing Governance Assessment among other strategies.
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