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From Okey Sampson, Umuahia
Abia state governor, Dr. Alex Otti has said his administration will take the lead in the implementation of the new minimum wage announced by the federal government.
Governor Otti stated this while addressing Abia workers on the occasion of the 2024 Workers’ Day held at the Umuahia Township Stadium.
He assured that he would backdate the implementation and pay its arrears to the state workers.
The governor promised to look into the request for payment of the approved wage award expeditiously, saying that the arrears of the leave allowances and salaries owed by the immediate past administration would be paid case by case while assuring that never again would the workers be owed in Abia state
Otti, acknowledging the ingenuity of the of the Abia workforce, said it would be workers first in the new Abia.
“This administration has made it a policy to meet salaries and entitlements of the workers and pensioners first before the political office holders get their monthly official entitlements.
“We made it clear that in the New Abia, it will be workers first. Our conviction is that the welfare and interests of the workers, past, present and future, will come before listening to the demands of the political class.”
Governor Otti congratulated the workers on their special day and called on them to support his government in his quest to rebuild Abia state.
The State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) , Comrade Okoro Ogbonnaya commended Governor Otti for all his developmental strides so far, including the welfare of workers in the state.
He requested the Governor to defray the arrears of leave allowances and salaries owed workers in the state by the immediate past administration.
