Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum,mni on Tuesday gave approval for payment of 2018 outstanding leave grants to 9,898 workers; payment of gratuities to families of 185 deceased pensioners and another compassionate intervention to families of 236 pensioners who have also passed on.
Governor Zulum had last month approved payment of gratuities to 1,684 pensioners who retired from 2013 to date.
Special Adviser on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau, who disclosed these in a statement issued on Tuesday, explained that in the latest approval, Governor Zulum had directed the head of service to work with the state’s ministry of finance to ensure payments hit bank accounts of all beneficiaries within days.
Also in the Governor’s approval, Gusau noted, was the payment of furniture allowance to two permanent secretaries who were in office when the Governor paid an unscheduled visit to the state secretariat in Maiduguri on May 31, 2019, which was 48 hours after his inauguration. Governor Zulum had during his visit, trapped absentee permanent secretaries, directors and other categories of workers. He also caught many late comers. The Governor promised sanctions for absentees and those who arrived late while promising a reward for the permanent secretaries and 96 workers he met on ground.
In fulfillment of his promise, Governor Zulum, added his spokesman, rewarded the permanent secretaries with speedy approval of their furniture allowances and gave order for early release of the 2019 leave grant to the 96 workers he found in office back in May. The same workers were also included for payment of the 2018 outstanding leave grants.
Gusau also said that Governor Zulum’s approval also included payment of
temporary salaries and pensions to 56 workers and 51 pensioners who are yet to
fully comply with requirements to complete their biometric capturing to become
permanently entitled to monthly salaries and pensions.
