Eid el-Fitr: Bauchi gov approves N10,000 wage award to civil servants

Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has approved a N10,000 wage award for every civil servant in the state to commemorate the Eid el-Fitr celebration.

The approval was conveyed through a statement on Monday by Mohammed Sani Umar, Permanent Secretary, Establishments, on behalf of the state’s Head of Civil Service.

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.”