BREAKING: FG approves hazard allowance for health workers
The Federal Government has approved two months hazard allowance for health workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
The decision, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Labour and Employment on Tuesday, was part of the agreement reached between the Federal Government representatives led by the minister and representatives of the health sector workers. He said, “We have fixed a timeline for ourselves that before the end of this week, the health workers captured in that particular COVID-19 net and frontline workers should get all their hazard and inducement allowances for the month of April and May before the close of the week.”
Ngige explained that the Federal Government had approved insurance coverage for the health workers, adding that the gesture was in consonance with the memorandum of understanding signed between the Federal Government representatives, the health professionals and unions in the health sector on April 21, 2020.
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