mightyfada:
Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on Sunday announced the increment of the National Minimum Wage from N18,000 to N25, 000 with immediate effect, for employees in the State Public Service.

He also promised prompt payment of outstanding arrears of salary to the staff of Local Government Councils in the state.

Oshiomhole who made the announcement on Sunday at the grand finale of activities to mark the 2016 Workers Day, said that plans had also been concluded to pay staff of Egor Local Government Council who were being owned 13 months arrears of salary, within the next two weeks.

Explaining why the council was omitted from the bailout to local government councils in 2015, he gave the assurance that the Edo Government had been meeting with the Central Bank of Nigeria and that within the next two weeks, the funds would be released and staff of the council would be paid in full.

He also explained the reason behind the non -appointment of Caretaker Committees for the 18 local government councils in the state, after the end of the tenure of the immediate-past local government chairmen.

According to him, “rather than appoint caretaker committees for the councils and pay them because they are politicians, we directed the Heads of Personnel Management in the councils to hold forth, so that those monies would be used to run the councils and pay salaries,’’ he said.

The governor said even if the price of oil goes to zero per cent, Edo workers would get their salary alerts before the end of every month.

He assured that he would not use his office to put hardship on any of his workers.

Earlier, the State Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Mr Orhue Marshall, appealed to government to enlist workers in the state in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

According to him, this would enable them to have access to quick and cheap medical facilities, like their colleagues in the Federal Public Service.

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/oshiomhole-increases-workers-minimum-wage-n18-000-n25-000/

Let me read the news first

the reporters have mentioned sunday twice and yet failed to mention the date...and that part u said they were owned arrears...do u mean owe?...
You give me doubts my brother... oshiomhole gist dey give me doubts too(not when u pay for the first 2 months and for the rest of it u speak English, like buhari n co said they never intended paying the youths, i guess yours would be the terms and conditions were not fully understood by the workers).

Hummmmm

If this news is true them let's celebrate with Edo people. Its not easy at all. Nice one osho baba

Good one! Would Buhari do same? I doubt, he's a dullard.

ShowYourCertificate:
Good one! Would Buhari do same? I doubt, he's a dullard.

Stop insulting the president. If you don't like Nigeria, move to Kosovo.

Plots to fool Nigerian civil servants again because of Elections coming on later this year,Okorocha tried this evil in IMO State by paying teaches 13th month salary after he won he is owing them 5months salaries and pensioners 2yrs,we should be wiser than these evil men,nothing good comes out of them except plans to deceive,destroy and tell cheap lies.