A special COVID-19 hazard and inducement allowance of 50 per cent of Consolidated Basic Salary will be paid to all health workers in Nigerian Teaching
Hospitals, Federal Medical Centres , and designated COVID-19 centres for the first three months in the first instance.
“In its place, a special COVlD-19 Hazard and Inducement Allowance of 50 per cent of the Consolidated Basic Salary is to be paid to all health workers in all Federal Government Teaching Hospitals and Federal Medical Centres and at designated COVlD-19 Centres and Primary Health Care Centres to last for the first three months in the first instance.
This serves as a major boost to health workers who are exposed to COVID-19 virus as the first responders to patients. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported how nurses and midwives taking care of COVID-19 patients said they had no life insurance and were not receiving any special hazard allowance different from that embedded in their salaries.
As for nurses, midwives and other health workers, their total annual entry earning is ₦360,000 , rising to ₦3.2 million for the highest grade, as contained in the 2019 Consolidated Health Salary Structure.Mr Mamora said 20 per cent of the Consolidated Basic Salary will be paid to all health workers directly managing COVlD-19 at the Infectious Diseases Hospitals isolation and treatment centres.
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