Kaduna State Government has
announced tax waiver for public secondary and primary school teachers in the
state.
Malam Jafaru Sani, Commissioner
for Education, Science and Technology, disclosed this at a press briefing on
Thursday in Kaduna.
Sani said that the government would
from March 2018 stop the deduction of Pay As You Earn from the salaries
teachers until the new teachers salary structure for the teachers comes into
effect.
The commissioner said that a new
salary structure was being worked out by the office of the state Head of
Service, Accountant General, and Ministry of Finance.
“This is a demonstration of the
state government’s commitment to improving the welfare of teachers.
“With this tax waiver, I am sure
that the quality of life of our teachers will greatly improve, until the new
salary structure takes effect anytime soon,” he said.
On teachers recruitment, Sani
said that the state’s Universal Basic Education Board would soon begin issuance
of appointment letters to no less than 15,000 successful applicants.
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com