The Abia State government has approved the payment of a N15,000.00 wage award to civil servants for three months, effective July.<\/p>\n
The approval came about 48 hours after the government signed a seven-point Memoranda of Understanding with the organised labour in the state last weekend to avert a strike threat.
\nThe commissioner for information and culture, Okey Kanu, stated this in Umuahia, the state capital while briefing journalists on the conduct of this week\u2019s State Executive Council meeting, chaired by Governor Alex Otti.<\/p>\n
Kanu said that because of Governor Otti\u2019s commitment to the workers\u2019 welfare, he had accepted to pay them a total wage award of N45,000.00 over the period.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cThe wage award is part of the state government\u2019s efforts to cushion the effects of the prevailing economic hardship in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Similarly, he explained that the government would soon pay annual leave allowances to civil servants who observe their annual leave.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe inherited accumulated leave allowances, but all that would be a thing of the past now following the commitment Otti made even before the meeting with the organised labour,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to the commissioner, once any civil servant is due for annual leave, he or she will be paid his or her leave allowance immediately.<\/p>\n
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