Over N21 billion has been approved by the Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, for the payment of retirement and death gratuities to state workers, local government employees, and the Local Education Authority.
Head of Civil Service of the state, Alhaji Falalu Bawale disclosed this during the inaugural meeting of the committee set up to coordinate the disbursement of the funds, explained that the move is aimed at easing the hardship faced by retired workers and families of deceased employees.
The Head of Service explained that the governor’s approval is part of efforts to eliminate existing backlogs and improve the welfare of retirees across the state.
“The funds are meant to clear all outstanding retirement and death benefits covering the period from September 2023 to October 2025.
“N7.7 billion has been approved as a one-off payment for the settlement of gratuities owed to former state civil servants, which will be paid in December 2025.
“Over N14 billion has been earmarked for former staff of local governments and the Local Education Authority, stressing that the amount will be disbursed in tranches over four months, from December 2025 to March 2026,” Bawale said.
He recalled that Governor Radda had earlier approved the release of over N23 billion, which was used to settle outstanding retirement and death benefits owed to workers from January 2019 to August 2023.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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