Fuel Subsidy: Kwara Promises ‘Appropriate Allowances for State Public Servants’ | METROWATCH

By Seyi Babalola

To mitigate the consequences of the Federal government’s elimination of fuel subsidy, the Kwara State Government plans to offer suitable allowances to state public employees.

This is a step toward implementing the newly agreed change that would reduce the number of workdays for its government personnel from five to three.

According to a statement released on Wednesday in Ilorin by the state’s chief press secretary, Murtala Atoyebi, “the government was set to provide succor for workers who could not be covered by the reduction in workdays due to peculiar nature of their official duties.”

“To this end, the government is working to provide appropriate allowances to support these categories of workers as a stop-gap measure, pending conclusions on the review of minimum wage.”