Alhaji Bashir Ado, the Special Adviser on Salary and Pensions to Jigawa State Governor Umar Namadi, has been suspended for allegedly making a premature statement about the N70,000 minimum wage. According to a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Mallam Bala Ibrahim, the government expressed serious concern over a circulating media report claiming the governor had approved the new wage. The statement called the announcement both premature and embarrassing, as the committee led by the Head of the State Civil Service, which was tasked with recommending the appropriate wage, has not yet concluded its work or submitted a report.
Ibrahim pointed out that as a result of the development, the governor has approved Ado’s immediate suspension, pending findings of a committee set up under the chairmanship of the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Barr. Bello Abdulkadir.
According to the SSG, a committee given two weeks to submit its report is to investigate the source, actual content of Ado’s statement, and the motive behind it.
Sagir Musa, Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sports and Culture, Dr Abdullahi Muhammmad, Commissioner for Health, and Muhammad Yahaya, Permanent Secretary, Establishment and Service Matters, Office of the SSG, make up the committee set up to probe Ado’s premature statement on N70,000 minimum wages.
