The Federal Government has made an offer to increase hazard allowance for all health workers in government health establishments in the country. The meeting was called by the instance of the minister to discuss the issue of hazard allowance and retirement age for health sector workers in the government health establishments. ”The Federal Government has moved up from the N5,000 monthly hazard allowance paid to all health workers in Nigeria and now offering 350 per cent and 600 per cent increments for junior workers and senior workers respectively. “But we moved from the N5000 hazard allowance per month, which was long forgotten until COVID-19 struck. Junior workers had 350 percent rise and senior workers had about 600 percent, ”he said.

Source: The Guardian June 02, 2021 08:26 UTC