Delta State Government has assured that it will not disappoint workers over the N70,000 minimum wage passed by the National Assembly within the week. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza, who disclosed this in his office in Asaba while fielding questions from newsmen on the new minimum wage, noted that not minding the over 50,000 workforce in the state, the Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori-led administration will not disappoint.
According to the Commissioner, “the Delta State government that you know has never failed to pay civil servants their wages as at when due. Delta State is one of the first states that implemented the N30,000 minimum wages, and this time around, I don’t see the state government defaulting”.
Osuoza further disclosed that at the recent meeting by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ forum, held in Enugu State, the minimum wage was a major part of the issues raised. Our civil servants should be rest assured that the state government will not disappoint them”, he emphasised.
Recall that the Senate on Tuesday speedily passed the National Minimum Wage Act 2019 Amendment Bill”.
The bill had scaled third readings, just minutes after it was transmitted by President Bola Tinubu, to the National Assembly.
