Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has announced incentives to cushion the effect of the hardship caused by the removal of subsidy from petrol.
The governor made the pronouncement on Monday, stating that over 300,000 households will receive bags of rice from the state government.
Soludo in a press statement he personally signed said: “Anambra State Government will be distributing rice to over 300,000 households in the coming weeks across the 326 wards in Anambra.
Soludo said the mantra of his party, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is; be your brother’s and sister’s keeper, and there is no better time to exhibit it than now.
In our foresighted response to the rising inflation, our government had increased the salaries of all public servants by 10% effective January 2023. We have been paying the 10% adjustment since January 2023.
In addition to the salary increase, we will be paying every pensioner and public servant in the employment of the Anambra State Government and the 21 LGAs (approx. 59,000 persons) for the period September 2023 to December 2023 a monthly flat non-taxable cash award of N12,000.
This is to augment their monthly take-home.
We will continue to clear the backlog of gratuity and pension of our pensioners. Recall that we met 4-year pension and gratuity arrears when we assumed office, which we have been paying since assumption of office.
He added that his government would liaise with the federal government to ensure that what is due Anambra people from the centre is not missed.
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