Anambra State government says it started paying Minimum Wage in October

Anambra State Government says its attention has been drawn to some media reports that have excluded Anambra State from the states in Nigeria that have paid the new minimum wage of N70,000.

The Commissioner for Information, Dr Law Mefor, in a Press Release in Awka, observed that such media outlets merely managed to capture Anambra State only among the states whose governors have indicated interest in paying the new minimum wage.

The Commissioner pointed out that to put the record straight, the promise by Governor Chukwuma Soludo, to pay the new minimum wage was made good since the month of October, when the new minimum wage payment commenced with the payment of October salaries.

He informed that to add to it, the state has also adjusted pensions upward to give pensioners in Anambra State higher take-home.

Commissioner Mefor affirmed that Professor Soludo remains a labour-friendly governor as the workers in Anambra State have not only received the new minimum wage, but also continue to receive salary alerts on or before the 25th of every month

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