Edo govt begins payment of N70,000 minimum wage to workers
The Edo State Government has begun payment of N70,000 as new minimum wage to workers in the state.
Governor Godwin Obaseki during the inauguration of the Labour House in Benin City, the state capital, had an increase in the minimum wage for workers in the state service from N40,000 to N70,000 to cushion the impacts of the harsh economy.
The State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, in a statement on Sunday said the payment of the N70,000 minimum wage to the workers further demonstrates the commitment of the Obaseki-led administration to the welfare of Edo workers.
“The Edo State Government has paid the May salaries of workers in the state, reflecting the implementation of the N70,000 new minimum wage.
“This is in fulfilment of the promise made by Governor Godwin Obaseki to increase the minimum wage from N40,000 to N70,000 beginning this May, as part of efforts to cushion the impacts of the harsh economy occasioned by fuel subsidy removal and other economic decisions by the Federal Government.
“It is also in furtherance of the commitment of the state government to meet its statutory obligation even before the end of the month,” the commissioner said.
The commissioner urged workers to be committed to their duties, while contributing effectively to ensuring that Obaseki’s administration ends on a good note, and to reciprocate the gesture by the state government to their welfare.