Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has
approved N560.2 million for the payment of eight
months' salary arrears for 1,857 newly-employed
teachers in the state.
This was contained in a statement signed by Alhaji
Mustapha Fagge, Public Relations Officer in the office
of the state Head of Civil Service.
According to the statement, the Head of Service,
Alhaji Muhammad Na’iyya, announced the approval
when he inspected the ongoing screening exercise
for the newly-recruited teachers.
The screening is being held at the Salaries and Wages
Directorate in Kano.
The statement also disclosed that government had
paid N71.9 million as October salary to the newly-
recruited teachers.
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It, however, said that all the teachers would be
screened before they could receive the arrears