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  • Flood: Death toll in Adamawa rises to 23 as Gov Fintiri visits affected areas

    Flood: Death toll in Adamawa rises to 23 as Gov Fintiri visits affected areas

    The death toll from Sunday’s devastating flood in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, has risen to 23, officials confirmed on Monday, July 28.

    Initial reports had put the number of casualties at between two and five following the heavy downpour, but several people were also declared missing.

    Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, who was away from the state during the incident, visited the affected areas on Monday afternoon to assess the damage and sympathize with victims.

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    Speaking at the temporary camp set up at Aliyu Mustafa College, Yola, after inspecting several impacted communities, Governor Fintiri described the incident as tragic and promised urgent government action.

    “We will constitute a technical committee to carry out a thorough assessment in collaboration with the State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA) and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). From there, we will take the necessary steps,” he stated.

    The governor was accompanied on the tour by his deputy, Professor Kaletapwa Farauta; Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Bathiya Wesley; Secretary to the State Government, Awwal Tukur; and other senior government officials

  • Gov Fintiri okays N70,000 minimum wage for Adamawa workers

    Gov Fintiri okays N70,000 minimum wage for Adamawa workers

    Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has approved a new monthly minimum wage of N70,000 for workers on both state and local government payrolls.

    The decision was made during a meeting on Monday afternoon with leaders of organised labour.

    The state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Emmanuel Fashe, announced that state government employees will begin receiving the new wage this month, while local government workers will see the increase starting next month.

    Fashe explained that the new wage will be implemented using the same consequential adjustment table that was used in 2019 for the previous N32,000 minimum wage, pending the release of updated guidelines from the National Salaries, Wages, and Income Commission.

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    “Whatever the worker was getting as present national minimum wage of N32,000 as it applies to Adamawa state, that same will be applied in terms of percentages in implementation of the new minimum wage,” Fashe said.

    He said Governor Fintiri accepted the N70,000 new minimum wage even before the release of the table from the National Salaries, Wages and Income Commission because he is keen on the welfare of workers.

    The acceptance of the new minimum wage by the governor was confirmed to The Nation Monday evening by his Chief Press Secretary, Humwashi Wonosikou, who affirmed that the governor indeed expressed the readiness of his government to pay the new wage.