Kaduna Begins ₦72,000 Minimum Wage Implementation for Junior Civil Servants

The Kaduna State Government has begun implementing the new seventy-two minimum wage for civil servants, with workers on Grade Levels one to six being the first beneficiaries.

The announcement was made by the Nigeria Labour Congress, Kaduna State Council, during a press briefing, where the union confirmed that the process had officially commenced but insisted that full implementation for all workers must follow promptly.

Speaking to newsmen, the state NLC Chairman, Ayuba Magaji Suleiman, said that the state government tied the extension of the new wage structure to other categories of workers to the ongoing staff and pension verification exercise, which is expected to be completed by September 2025.