Katsina Inaugurates Committee on New Minimum Wage 

Francis Sardauna in Katsina

The Katsina State Government has inaugurated the committee on consequential adjustments in salaries for civil servants in the state.

The inauguration of the 15-man committee headed by the Secretary to the State Government, Abdullahi Garba Faskari, was in line with the provisions of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2024 of N70,000 approved by President Bola Tinubu.

The state Deputy Governor, Hon. Farouk Lawal, while inaugurating the committee on Friday evening at his official residence, said the committee has three weeks to submit its report to the state government. 

He added that the committee is charged with the responsibility of coming up with the implementation strategies that will enable the state government to pay the N70,000 minimum wage. 

The deputy governor explained that the N70,000 minimum wage covers the state civil servants, local government employees and other categories of workers in the state.

He reiterated that the state government was aware of the hardship being encountered by the civil servants as a result of the subsidy removal and other economic challenges in the country. 

Responding, the Chairman of the committee, Faskari, promised to adopt workable strategies and work tirelessly in order to submit the report within the stipulated time of three weeks.