- Anambra NLC Chairman, Comrade Humphrey Nwafor, plans to push for the payment of N35,000 provisional wage arrears to state civil servants
- Union leaders await guidance from the NLC’s national leadership on engaging the state government regarding the wage increase
Comrade Humphrey Nwafor, chairman of the Anambra State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has stated that his leadership will press for the state civil servants to be paid the arrears of the N35,000 provisional wage approved by the federal government for its civil servants, which formed part of the agreements reached between the federal government and organized labour that averted a nationwide strike scheduled to begin yesterday.
He did, however, state union leaders would wait for a directive from the NLC’s national leadership on how the unions in the state should engage their respective state governments on the N35,000 provisional wage.
The state NLC leader told LEADERSHIP exclusively that both state and local government workers were hopeful of benefiting from the N35,000 provisional wage approved by the federal government for its employees because the agreement between the federal government and the leadership of organized labour stipulated, under item number 10, that state and local government workers should benefit from the same gesture as federal government workers.
You know that the Anambra State government had already been paying the civil servants a similar gesture of N12,000 since September (2023).
So, we will engage the state government over the N35,000 approved by the federal government, we shall be asking for the arrears. But we can’t do anything until we get directive from our national headquarters because they are going to direct the state chapters on how to engage our state governments on the issue, Nwafor stated.
Yahaya Bello appoints 215 new aides
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has appointed 215 new aides, despite his tenure nearing its conclusion in the coming months.
The announcement of these appointments was officially made through a notice issued and signed by Dr. (Mrs) Folashade Ayoade, the Secretary to the State Government.
The appointments encompass individuals from all 21 Local Government Areas within Kogi State and came into effect on September 29, 2023.
Based on the information provided in the notice, the appointments include 26 individuals who have been designated as Special Advisers to the Governor, 128 who have assumed the role of Senior Special Assistants, and an additional 51 who will serve as Special Assistants, among other positions.