Zulum clears N4.5bn workers’ gratuity in 1 year 

By Hamza Suleiman

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has in the last one year paid the gratuity and other entitlement of civil servants amounting to N4.5 billion.

The spokesperson of the governor, Mr Dauda Iliya, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on the backdrop of Zulum’s achievements from 2024 to date.

Iliya said that governor Zulum’s administration had also cleared all outstanding gratuity and other entitlement of retired Permanent Secretaries up to December, 2024.

He said that the accrued outstanding gratuity and other entitlement of these senior civil servants cleared in December was put at N1.49 billion.

The spokesperson said that was in addition to the N200 million being paid monthly by the state government to the teeming retirees.

“The governor has pledged to settle all outstanding pensions and gratuities of civil servants before the end of his tenure,” Iliya said.

The spokesperson said that Zulum’s administration was committed to setting all backlog of pensions and gratuities being owned civil servants in the state before the end of its tenure.

“In the area of post conflict recovery effort, Zulum’s administration has in collaboration with the Federal Government and other partners have repatriated 7,790 refugees from Baga Sola in Chad Republic to kukawa Local Government Area of the state.

“Similar repatriation exercise were carried out of refugees from Diffa and Bosso in Niger republic to Malamfatori headquarters of Abadam Local Government Area.

“Each of the returnees was provided with food and non-food items as part of the resettlement package,” he said. (NAN)www.nannews.ng