Breaking News: Governor Soludo Approves New Minimum Wage, As Labour Leaders Jubilate

By Odogwu Emeka Odogwu, Awka

It was a cheering moment for the Labour Leaders at Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia this night when against all odds ,Governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo announced his approval for immediate payment of the new Minimum wage.

According to Soludo, the least paid worker in Anambra State is to go home with nothing less than N70,000, even as, it could be more ranging between N78,000 to N84,000, depending on the outcome of the tabulation by the government team.

This is coming as Governor Soludo announced a monthly cash award of N10,000 to all Pensioners in the state, until a time the Pension salary shall be reviewed. This interim cash award ,he said was necessitated on his goodwill and empathy on the situation of the pensioners who nobody remembers in all the noise about new Minimum wage.

www.odogwublog.com reports that the Organized Labour leaders were led by Chairman Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Humphrey Emeka Nwafor and Trade Union Congress Chairman, Comrade Chris Ogbonna. The Chairman, Anambra JNC, Comrade Edith Onwuka was there too.

Almost all the unions were represented by their labour leaders including the NUJ, JUSUN NULGE, NUT ,NUP , to mention but a few, even as Government team had the SSG, Head of Service, Auditor General of the State, Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Commissioner for Finance and Chief of Staff among others.

While assuring the Organized Labour that his government is committed for a better secured Anambra, Prof Soludo announced that the state in days to come shall take delivery of hundreds of security vehicles for the vigilant groups and other security agencies even as 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 Contributory Pension scheme, the better for them.

For the NLC Chairman, the Governor made the negotiations easier by the approvals and thanked him for being worker friendly, even as he requested him to always do more for Anambra workers as a father.

www.odogwublog.com further reports that the NLC Chairman announced that the Governor has donated a land for the construction of the NLC state Secretariat known as Workers House which was impossible since 1991 Anambra was
created, describing it as unprecedented.

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