The Federal Government has approved additional N8.9bn to pay up the large chunk of the June 2020 COVID-19 allowance to all health workers in the country.
Others are payment of outstanding April/May and June COVID-19 inducement allowance, determination of revised hazard allowance for all health workers as agreed in previous meetings with relevant stakeholders, immediate payment of salary shortfall of 2014, 2015 and 2016, among others. He added that this has been cash backed and the mandate sent to the Central Bank of Nigeria for payments to start with effect from September 9.Only final-year students of tertiary institutions will resume Sept 14 –Lagos
He also said that on the provision of group life insurance for doctors and other health care workers and payment of death-in-service benefit to next of kin/beneficiaries, the government had paid the total sum of N9.3bn to insurance companies for life group insurance and payment of death benefits to health workers.
He added that the process of amendment is therefore ongoing and is expected that this process and cash backing would be through in two weeks. “It was recalled that NARD had been assigned the responsibility to submit a list from the defaulting hospitals to the Federal Ministry of Health for onward transmission to the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, ” he said.
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