By Fatima Mukhtar
The Katsina State House of Assembly has passed the Katsina State Contributory Pension Law 2025, introducing a new pension structure and establishing the State and Local Government Pension Commission.
The new legislation repeals the Pension Reform Law 2022 and introduces three distinct schemes: the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) for new employees and those with more than 30 years before retirement; the Contributory Defined Benefit Scheme (CDBS) for workers with five years or less to retire; and the Pay-As-You-Go system for employees who began work before January 1, 2000.
Deputy Speaker, Hon. Abduljalal Haruna Runka, directed the Clerk of the House to forward the bill to Governor Dikko Radda for assent, marking the completion of the legislative process.
The House Committee on Administration, led by Hon. Salisu Hamza Rimaye, recommended halting pension deductions from workers not covered under the contributory scheme and ensuring accurate remittance of contributions from eligible employees.
Following deliberations, the Assembly adopted the committee’s recommendations and passed the bill in its third reading, making it a binding law in Katsina State.
Meanwhile, Governor Dikko Umar Radda, PhD, CON, has submitted the 2025 supplementary budget to the House for approval. The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Hon. Shamsuddeen Abubakar Dabai, disclosed that ₦126.8 billion was allocated for capital projects and ₦18.6 billion for recurrent expenditure.
He explained that the supplementary budget became necessary after several ministries and agencies exhausted their initial allocations due to ongoing development projects across the state.
The Assembly referred the supplementary budget to the House Committee on Appropriation for review and directed it to submit its report by next Monday. Additionally, a request for virement (fund reallocation) was sent to the Public Accounts Committee for further scrutiny.
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