Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has approved the sum of N10,000 wage award for each civil servant in the state in honor of the Eid el-Fitr festivities.
The announcement was made public through a statement released on Monday by Mohammed Sani Umar, the Permanent Secretary of Establishments, acting on behalf of the Head of Civil Service in the state.
The statement reads in part: “In his continuing efforts aimed at improving the welfare of the civil servants, His Excellency, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, CON (Kauran Bauchi), the Executive Governor of Bauchi State, has directed the immediate payment of ten thousand naira (N10,000) to all categories of civil servants in both the state and local government areas as a wage award.
“The gesture will provide additional resources to civil servants to celebrate Eid-el-Fitr in high spirits, in the wake of the unpalatable economic situation generally.”
