Kano approves welfare package for judicial officers

Kano State Executive Council has endorsed the commencement of implementation of the newly introduced welfare and retirement benefits to judicial officers in the state. The welfare comprises the provision of a house, a three-bedroom apartment, a two-room guest chalet, a two-room boys’ quarters, an office facility and the surrounding wall. The state Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Malam Muhammad Garba made the disclosure, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the weekly council’s meeting, held at the Council Chambers, Government House, Kano. Garba explained that the welfare package introduced and being implemented at the federal level is in accordance, with the National Judicial Council Resolution on Welfare and Retirement Package for judicial officers, retired High Court Judges and Khadis of the Court of Appeals. The commissioner said, “The newly employed consultants are to commence with CONMES 6 rather than 5, while nurses, pharmacists and other clinical staff are also to be skipped from CONHESS 9 to 11 while skipping CONHESS 10,” he added. Malam Garba said the cost commitments of skipping for doctors currently working stood at N43, 226, 585.94 million while the difference for other clinical staff in salary is N29,797,026.95 million.