Teachers and lecturers working with Kano State government-owned institutions of learning will be henceforth retire at age 65.
The state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, announced this at the award night marking the 2021 May Day organised by the Kano State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in Kano.
“The Federal Government has since approved this for teachers and lecturers working in its institutions, hence, teachers in Kano State are also not left behind. Therefore, our teachers and lecturers as from now on will start to enjoy such retirement age from 60-65, and years of service from 35-40 as the federal workers are enjoying,” the governor said.
According to him, the state government has introduced so many policies aimed at improving the welfare of its workers. “We have introduced a contributory health scheme for workers in the state and their families to have the cheapest health services. I am happy that with your co-operation, today we have the best contributory health scheme in Nigeria. We are also collaborating with the private organisations in the state to see how they can benefit from such schemes aimed at strengthening the policy.’’
The governor said the state government had introduced a health trust fund where five per cent of the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and one per cent from the earnings of local governments would be contributed.
Ganduje added that the state government would serve as a guarantor for civil servants working in the state who would be willing to access loan facilities from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), just as his administration had introduced free and compulsory primary to secondary schools education.
The governor presented a letter of permanent and pensionable appointment to Khadijah Umar, who had worked as a temporary staff past 15 years at Hotoro Health Care Clinic, and lost her legs in the line of duty.
Earlier, Chairman of Kano State chapter of the NLC, Kabir Minjibir, said the awardees were honoured for their hard work and adherence to the Civil Service rules.
He said the NLC found it necessary to honour not only civil servants who were dedicated and committed to their duties, but also workers from the private sector.
“The NLC is giving certificates of excellence to those that deserved to be honoured while some of them will go home with cash gifts ranging from N50,000 to N100,000 each.” he said.
