New Year: Zulum Pays N8bn Gratuity Backlog For Retired Primary School Teachers, Others

New Year: Zulum Pays N8bn Gratuity Backlog For Retired Primary School Teachers, Others

Babagana Zulum, the governor of Borno State, approved N8b to pay the government’s pension and other civil servants who have worked for the government.

The N8b will clear liabilities accrued from 2019 to 2021.

On Wednesday, Zulum made the announcement in the government building’s Maiduguri council chamber.

The governor cleared 1, 684 retirees who left the civil service between 2013 and 2019, with N3b in June and September 2019. N12b is also being distributed over N12b in 2020 for retirees who left both the state and local government civil service between 2013 and 2017.

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We have paid about 25 billion naira to those who have worked with local and state governments since I took over, according to Zulum.

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