Adamawa Gov approves N10,000 monthly palliative for civil servants, pensioners

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has approved N10,000 monthly as palliative for civil servants and pensioners for six months to cushion the harsh effects of the petrol subsidy removal reports News Agency of Nigeria.

The Governor’s Chief of Staff, Dr. Edgar Amos, disclosed this during an interactive session with newsmen in Yola on Wednesday.

Amos, who is the Chairman, Special Committee on mitigating effects of fuel subsidy removal on the residents of the state, said the governor also approved the full implementation of the national minimum wage for local government workers with effect from August.

According to him, the governor also approved the procurement of 70 trucks of maize and 20 trucks of rice for distribution to the people at subsidised rate.

He further said the government would purchase 50 trucks of fertiliser for state civil servants at subsidised rate.

He said plans had been concluded to purchase shuttle buses to convey workers to and fro the state secretariat and for inter-local government transport.

Amos said the measures were part of the recommendations submitted by the special committee constituted to work out palliatives to cushion the effect of the subsidy removal policy.

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