Kano govt approves welfare package for judicial officers

The Kano State Government has approved the newly introduced welfare and retirement benefits for judicial officers in the state.

The welfare comprises provision of a house which consist of three-bedroom apartment, two room guest chalet, two room boys quarters, office facility, and surrounding wall.

The Kano State Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Muhammad Garba disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on the outcome of the State Executive Council‘s meeting held at the Government House in Kano on Thursday, April 20.

Garba said the welfare package introduced and being implemented by the Federal Government in line with the National Judicial Council Resolution on Welfare and Retirement Package for judicial officers is for retired High Court Judges and Khadis of Court of Appeals.

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The commissioner stated that under the package, the entry Grade Level for newly employed medical officer after the mandatory National Youth Service Corpps (NYSC) will be CONMES, while the proposal is to skip CONMES 2 to start from CONMES 3, which is being implemented by the Federal Government.

“The newly employed consultants are to commence with CONMES 6 rather than 5, while nurses, pharmacists and other clinical staff are also to be skipped from CONHESS 9 to 11, while skipping CONHESS 10,” he added.

Garba said the cost commitments of skipping for doctors currently working stood at N43, 226,585.94 million, while for the other clinical staff, the difference in salary is N29,797,026.95 million.

The Star