I read an article yesterday here on nairaland about the strike in Kaduna due to deduction of 25% of their salaries . I condemned it for the same reasons as almost every other person who commented (health workers are meant to be encouraged at this time not alienated)

Afterwards, I went online to see if I could find some more info. (Our leaders usually defend their unintelligent decisions with flimsy explanations in press releases). What I found gave me second thoughts about the strike action decision by the health workers . I’ll post a summary so you can draw your own conclusions


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While it is true that there’s a 25% salary deduction from every government employee in Kaduna who earns above 50,000 monthly, however health workers are being paid additional amounts as part of an Occupational Safety Initiative as follows:

-High risk staff are receiving a compensation of N15,000 per day. This refers to all cadres of personnel who are in close contact with Covid-19 patients;.

-Medium risk staff are receiving N10,000 per day. These are officers involved in taking samples, transferring patients to treatment centres, tracing contacts etc.;

-Low risk staff are receiving N5,000 per day.

-The Kaduna government is also paying a monthly incentive of 10% of net pay to each and every health worker in its hospitals and primary health centres

-In addition, the Kaduna State Government has paid premiums for an enhanced insurance package for health workers that raises the death and disability benefits to N5m and N2.5m respectively.

-The insurance package also includes payment of N100,000 per day for 10 days to health workers who get infected with Covid-19.
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These are the key points. Read the full press release here . Any kaduna health worker here ? Is this true ?

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/394000-kaduna-govt-responds-to-strike-threat-by-states-health-workers.html

cc Mynd44 lalasticlala

P.s Why’s the BOLD button not working ? I need to highlight the key points

Why does this sound like an audio salary like any other government promises....It should take effect and we should be able to see at least one or two health workers who can confirm this...CAUSE EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE WITH NIGERIAN POLITICIANS