The Kano State Government has approved the payment of N304m as allowances to 287 eligible academic staff members of the state-owned Yusuf Maitama Sule University.
A statement in Kano on Friday by the Commissioner for Information, Mallam Muhammad Garba, said the approval was given at the state’s executive council weekly.
According to NAN, Muhammad added that the installment payment of the outstanding staff allowances would be paid monthly with effect from October.
He added, “The breakdown of the amount translates to N297m for verified staff, while N6.5m is estimated for the settlement of 10 other academic staff. The names of the 10 others were inadvertently omitted during the previous payment exercise. The council also approved the release of N82.1m to the YMSU for the direct furnishing and provision of equipment at the Faculty of Science.”
He added that the council also approved N84.9m for the state’s University of Science and Technology in Wudil. He noted that the money was for payment to eligible academic staff outstanding Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme and Teaching Practice allowances for 2019/2020 and 2021/2022 sessions.
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