SAN FRANCISCO, January 30, (THEWILL) –Â Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai Thursday increased pension payments in the state to retirees from as low as N3, 000 to N30, 000.
A statement his spokesman said the governor promised that the proposed increase will be tabled before the State Executive Council meeting and that the payment of the new pensions will commence once the approval is secured.
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He quoted the governor as saying that although the new minimum pensions will increase the wage bill of Kaduna state by N200 million, the state government believes that it is important to let pensioners receive decent pensions.
The State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) had written a letter to the governor commending him for raising the minimum pension payment in the state to N30, 000 monthly.
The governor had previously promised to raise pension to N30, 000 during a live media chat he recently hosted at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna.
