About 5,500 retired civil personnel will get gratuities totaling N6 billion from the Kano State government.
The Kano State governor, Abba Yusuf, revealed this to journalists on Saturday.
According to the government, the cash is a portion of the reserves put aside to cover the more than N40 billion in gratuities that the previous administration owes.
As stated by the governor, low-grade retired civil servants whose due amount did not exceed one million would be the first to receive the gratuity payment, which is set to begin next week.
“We have the lists of the beneficiaries and the money at hand by next week; we will commence the payment without delay.
“I always sleep and wake up with the issue of gratuities of retired civil servants in my mind. I always think about how to settle and clear this backlog.
I frequently summon meetings with the Accountant General, Chairman Pension Trust fund, and others to assist me on the way forward.
“It is in the course of this meeting we decided to start paying those of low-grade level, whose amounts have not exceeded N1 million or little above N1 million down to like N150,000 or N250,000.
“I asked them to compile the list, and we have got the names of over 5,500 of them.
“By next week, they will receive their gratuities, Insha Allah. The total amount, as we calculated, is about N6 billion, and the State Executive Council has since approved it.
“Let me also tell you that we have the money at hand. We have not borrowed a dime to pay this gratuity,” he said.