Kano Suspends Illegal Deduction of N370,000 from Workers’ Salaries, Others

Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano

The Kano State government, has approved the immediate suspension of illegal deduction of the sum of N370.00 from the salaries wages and pension of all civil servants and pensioners in the state.

In a circular SSG Repa/S/A/265/TI signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, directed Ministries, Parastatals and Agencies to effect the immediate suspension of all illegal deductions.

The circular dated June 19, 2023, explained that all the deduction has been suspended with immediate effect “as well as remittance being made to the aforementioned firm pending investigation into circumstances that led to the improper deduction.

“Government has observed with great concern the inappropriate deductions of the sum of N370.00 each from the Salaries and Pensions of all Civil Servants and Pensioners in the state and afterwards, remitted to Share Benefit Investment Limited.”

“In view of this, the Governor of Kano State, Alh. Abba Kabir Yusuf, has granted approval for the immediate suspension of the deductions as well as the remittances being made to the aforementioned firm.”

Dr. Bichi disclosed in the statement that the import of the circular was to notify all Civil Servants and Pensioners in the State of the executive approval/directive for the suspension of the deductions.

Workers and pensioners in the state had expressed disappointment over deduction of their salaries during the previous administration under former governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, which they described as a clear violation of the agreement on the new minimum wage law of 2019.