{"id":32561,"date":"2024-05-26T16:53:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T16:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=32561"},"modified":"2024-05-26T16:53:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T16:53:45","slug":"edo-government-begins-payment-of-n70000-minimum-wage-to-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/05\/26\/edo-government-begins-payment-of-n70000-minimum-wage-to-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Edo Government begins payment of N70,000 minimum wage to workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Edo government said it has begun paying the N70,000 new minimum wage to workers in the state, fulfilling its promise to increase the minimum wage from May 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Godwin Obaseki announced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gazettengr.com\/obaseki-raises-minimum-wage-to-n70000-months-before-ending-eight-year-tenure\/#:~:text=Edo%20State%20Governor%20Godwin%20Obaseki,of%20his%20eight%2Dyear%20tenure.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the increment in workers\u2019 salaries<\/a>\u00a0in the state from N40,000 to N70,000 during the inauguration of the Labour House in Benin.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Obaseki said the increment was to reflect the country\u2019s current economic realities and cushion the impacts of the harsh economy on the state\u2019s people.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, said the payment of the N70,000 minimum wage to workers would further demonstrate the Obaseki-led administration\u2019s commitment to the welfare of Edo workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Edo government has paid the May salaries of workers in the state, reflecting the implementation of the N70,000 new minimum wage; this\u00a0is in fulfilment of\u00a0the promise made by Obaseki.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also in furtherance of the commitment of the state government to meet its statutory obligations even before the end of the month,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner urged the workers to commit to their duties and reciprocate the gesture by the state government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Edo government said it has begun paying the N70,000 new minimum wage to workers in the state, fulfilling its promise to increase the minimum wage from May 2024. Governor Godwin Obaseki announced\u00a0the increment in workers\u2019 salaries\u00a0in the state from N40,000 to N70,000 during the inauguration of the Labour House in Benin. Mr Obaseki said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":32562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32563,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32561\/revisions\/32563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}