Adamawa governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has granted a monthly subsidy allowance of N10,000 for government workers and pensioners in the state as part of efforts to cushion the impact of fuel subsidy removal.
The chief of staff to Fintiri, who is also the chairman of the special committee on mitigating the effect of fuel subsidy removal, Dr Edgar Amos, disclosed this on Wednesday, July 26, at Government House in Yola.
Amos stated that the subsidy will be granted for six months.
He revealled that the governor had also approved the full implementation of the national minimum wage for local government workers in the state effective from August.
Amos said the state government would also procure 70 trucks of maize and 20 trucks of rice for distribution to citizens at a subsidized rate.
He added that the government would buy 50 trucks of fertilizer and sell them to workers at a subsidized rate in addition to buying shuttling buses for workers.
The state chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Dauda Adamu Aliyu, said the steps taken by the state government were commendable and would go a long way in providing some form of relief for workers.
