Anambra Govt to begin payment of new minimum wage from October.

09/26/2024 15

The Anambra State Government has announced plans to begin payment of new minimum wage of N70,000 starting from October 2024.

Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Thursday, made this known during a meeting with principals and head teachers of public primary and secondary schools at the Professor Dora Akunyili Women’s Development Center in Awka.

The governor also revealed that the free education policy would extend to senior students in all public schools across the state, beginning next week.

He reassured that despite resource constraints, the administration remains committed to fulfilling its mandate.

Meanwhile, the Accountant-General of the Federation, Bawa Mokwa has confirmed that workers will start receiving alerts of their new salary payments from Thursday [today].

However, he did not state whether the payments will include arrears since July, 2024 when the minimum wage bill was signed into law.

Written by: bossgmsi

Rate it

Local News

Students frowns as Imo SEMB fails to conduct Junior WAEC exams.

As the 2024/2025 academic session has kicked off, secondary school students in Imo State has expressed their displeasures on the way the Imo state Ministry of Education and Secondary Education Management Board (SEMB) has neglected the students who registered for the 2023/2024 Basic Education Secondary Certificate exams otherwise known as Junior WAEC. Some of the students who spoke to our news crew, frowned at the development, having registered for the […]

09/26/2024 8