By Alltimepost.com
The State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole has increased the minimum wage of civil servants in the state from N18,000 to N25, 000, with immediate effect.
He announced the new wage on Sunday, during the 2016 May(workers) Day celebration held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin.
“When the going gets tough, that is when the tough gets going and my movement, which is your movement, which is our movement has toughen me to stand when others are limping.
“And in consistency with my concept of non-lamentation, here this afternoon, beginning with effect from today, the least worker in Edo State, we will increase the salary from N18,000 to N25,000,” the governor said.
“We will make sure that it is spread up and graduate it down. We will work out the details with the NLC such that even a director will get a salary increase,” he said.
Oshiomhole explained that details of the increase would be the worked out in collaboration with the Nigeria Labour Congress in order to ensure that it is spread across all levels.
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