Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has approved the implementation of new welfare package, including retirement benefits, to judicial officers in the state.
The package comprises accommodation, which consists of three-bedroom apartments, two-room guest chalet, two-room boys quarters and office facility.
This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, at the end of the weekly State Executive Council (SEC) meeting in Kano.
He said the welfare package, introduced and being implemented at the federal level in line with the National Judicial Council (NJC) Resolution on Welfare and Retirement Package for judicial officers, is for retired High Court Judges and Khadis of Courts of Appeal.
Garba explained that under the package, the entry Grade Level for newly employed medical officers, after the mandatory national youth service, would be CONMES, adding that the proposal was 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 CONMES 5, while nurses, pharmacists and other clinical staff are to move from CONHESS 9 to 11, skipping CONHESS 10.
“The cost commitments of skipping for doctors stood at N43,226,585.94, while for the other clinical staff, the difference is N29,797,026.95,” he added.
