Coronavirus: FG announces 50% of basic salary as hazard allowance for health workers
- The federal government has announced a special hazard allowance package for health workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic
- The minister of state for health said 50% of basic salary will be paid as the hazard allowance to the health workers in teaching hospitals, federal medical centres and designated COVID-19 centres
- For the health workers at special non-public hospitals and clinics in Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies, 40% of their basic salary will be paid as hazard allowance
The federal government has announced that a special COVID-19 hazard and inducement allowance will be paid to health workers in the country.
According to the minister of state for health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, 50% of Consolidated Basic Salary will be paid as the hazard allowance to the health workers in teaching hospitals, federal medical centres and designated COVID-19 centres.
Channels TV reports that the hazard allowance will be paid for the first three months in the first instance.
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Legit.ng gathers that Mamora announced this on Monday, April 27, in Abuja during the joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
The minister added that 40% of the Consolidated Basic Salary would be paid as Special COVID-19 Hazard and Inducement Allowance to health workers at special non-public hospitals and clinics in Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies for a three-month period in the first instance.
“20% of Consolidated Basic Salary will be paid as Special Risk Allowance additionally on the Special COVID-19 Hazard and Inducement Allowance, to all Health Workers directly managing COVID-19 at Infectious Diseases Hospitals, Isolation and Treatment Centres.
“10% of Consolidated Basic Salary will be paid to non-core medical professionals working in health sector and operating at aforementioned hospitals and clinics, as special COVID-19 allowance, for three months in the first instance,” Mamora said.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the Lagos chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) announced the death of Chugbo Emeka, a medical doctor.
The announcement was made via a post on the association’s Twitter handle on Wednesday evening, April 15.
The doctor who was reportedly a private medical practitioner was said to have died after being exposed to a COVID-19 patient.
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