… As He Suspends Special Adviser, Plans Investigation
Jigawa Governor Umar Namadi has clarified that Head of the State Civil Service, set up by the Government to advise on the appropriate minimum wage is yet to complete its assignment and submit report.
Namadi disclosed this following the
purported media report claiming that the governor has approved N70,000 minimum wage for workers in the State,
The Jigawa governor has also on that account suspended his Special Adviser on Salary and Pension, Alhaji Bashir Ado Kazaure, with immediate effect.
Secretary to the State Government, Malam Bala Ibrahim, announced this in a statement.
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Kazaure was suspended for his alleged involvement in a purported media report claiming that Governor Namadi has approved N70,000 minimum wage for workers in the State, which the aide later denied in an audio clip sent to a radio station.
The SSG also announced the setting up of a five- man committee to investigate the source, actual content and motive behind the statement.
According to him: “The Jigawa State Government viewed with serious concern a statement circulating in various sections of the Media alleging that His Excellency Governor Malam Umar A. Namadi, has approved N70, 000 as new minimum wage”.
“This sounds embarrassing and pre-mature as the Committee headed by Head of the State Civil Service, set up by the Government to advise on the appropriate wage is yet to complete its assignment and submit report.
“Accordingly, the State Government is compelled to set up a Committee to investigate the source, actual content of the statement and the motive behind it”.
The Committee, he said, is to be chaired by the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Barrister Bello Abdulkadir Fanini while the Commissioner of Information, Youth, Sports and Culture, Sagir Musa Ahmed; Commissioner of Health, Dr. Muhammmad Abdullahi Kainuwa; Permanent Secretary Establishment and Service Matters, Muhammad Yahaya Jabo will serve as members with Permanent Secretary REPA, Abba Mustapha Yola as Secretary of the committee, which is given two weeks to submit report.