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Making this known while speaking with press,the Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs Comrade Ibrahim Waiya said these
project includes Maintenance of School of Technology Road Network by the KARMA at the sum of N148,956,921.0
He also stated that additional
advance payment in respect of contract for the expansion of Zaria Road (from Silver Jubilee – Dantata & Sawoe main yard) at the sum of N367,977,860.98
Accordingly,the conversion of External Electrical Infrastructure to underground system at Government House Kano and Re-location of 33 & 1lkv, lines along Ahmadu Bello Way,Power and Renewable Energy,would guped a sum of N612,452,078.38
While the procurement of 2 ambulances to Government House Clinic and Nuhu Bamalli Maternity Hospital at the sum of N184,000,000.00
Waiya therefore disclosed that the
settlement of bills to KEDCO for the consumption of energy in November/December, 2024,Water Resources at the sum of N348,207,982.32
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According to him,the release of fund in respect of boarding schools feeding for 3rd, 4th & 5th Weeks of the ongoing Second Term of the 2024/2025 academic Session stood at the sum of N662,528,919.36
He however hinted that the
compensation for Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) implementation at Bulbula / Gayawa erosion site in state land and physical planning goes for N642,590,022.00
Adding that payment of the remaining 50% of arrears of Hazard and Excess Workload Allowances to the Non-Academic Staff (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) of Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology Wudil At the sum of N136,406,500.00
Waiya stressed that financial
support to the Nigeria Union of Pensioners for the conduct of Quadrennial Delegates Conference in Kano,at the sum of N100,000,000.00
Counterpart Funding in respect of the supply of commodity for Free-Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health and Free Accident and Emergency Program Health,goes for the sum of N195,024,000.00
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The council also approved policy decisions, including a 25% and 35% salary increment for academic and non-academic staff of tertiary institutions, respectively.
Additionally, the council approved the creation of the Department of People with Disabilities under the Ministry of Women, Children, and Disabled, and the transmission of the Kano State Health Trust Fund Law to the State House of Assembly for passage into law