Mohammed Shosanya
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State,Friday approved a new minimum wage of N70, 000 for workers in Anambra State.
He disclosed this when he met with labour leaders at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia where he also approved immediate payment of the new wage.
According to him,the least paid worker in Anambra State is to go home with nothing less than N70,000 or more as could be between N78,000 to N84,000, depending on the outcome of the tabulation by the government team.
He also announced a monthly cash award of N10,000 to all oensioners in the state, until a time when salary of pensioners is reviewed.
Soludo also assured that his government is committed for a better secured Anambra, and announced that the state would soon take delivery of hundreds of security vehicles for the vigilant groups and other security agencies and that other security measures are being negotiated.
He urged workers to think positively about Contributory Pension Scheme to save themselves of pension agonies, adding that the earlier the state workers return to the scheme, the better for them.
The chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress,(NLC),Comrade Humphrey Emeka Nwafor, commended Soludo for making the negotiations easier by the approvals and thanked him for being workers’ friendly
He disclosed that the Governor has donated a land for the construction of the NLC state Secretariat to be known as ‘Workers House’ the request of which was impossible since 1991 when Anambra State was created.
