Kano Govt Earmarks N150bn for New Minimum Wage

Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano

The 2025 proposed budget of the Kano State government has allocated a whopping N150.9 for monthly salaries and allowances of civil servants and political office holders in the state.

In a press conference in his office yesterday in Kano, the Commissioner, Ministry of Planning and Budget, Musa Shanono, said the amount was based on the approval of the new minimum wage by  Governor Abba Yusuf.

He said, the amount was part of the proposed recurrent expenditure for the 2025 fiscal year, estimated to be N236.5 billion, representing 43 per cent of the total estimated budget size.

“The total Recurrent Expenditure for the incoming fiscal year 2025 is estimated at N236,525,504,990, 82 representing 43 per cent of the total budget size. Out of this, the sum of N150,996,352,990.82 is dedicated for the payment of monthly salaries and allowances to the civil servants and political office holders in the state, based on the approval of the new minimum policy by Governor   Kabir Yusuf,” he said.
He added that the proposed overhead costs for Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs), was estimated to be the sum of N75,567,346,000.
“For MDAs running cost, critical priority payments based on Standing Order approved by His Excellency to MDAs. While the payment of debt service is to the sum of N9,961,805,000 for the fiscal year 2025,” he said.
Shanono explained that the size of the proposed 2025 budget is N549,160,417,663.00 as the capital expenditure component stands at N312,634,912,672.18, while the recurrent expenditure was set at N236,525,504,990.82.
 Yusuf had on Friday presented the proposed 2025 appropriation bill to the tune of N549,160,417,663.00, to the State House of Assembly.