Obaseki said Edo state public servants will now go to work physically for 3 days and do their jobs remotely for 2 days
By Kehinde Okeowo
The Edo State Government has increased the minimum wage of workers in the state in response to the hike in the price of petrol which was occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy by President Tinubu-led administration.
This was conveyed through a statement released on Tuesday by Governor Godwin Obaseki, where he approved an upward review of the minimum wage of public servants in the state from N30,000 to N40,000.
The state read in part: “As a proactive government, we have since taken the step to increase the minimum wage paid to workers in Edo state from the approved N30,000 to N40,000, the highest in the country today,”
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Obaseki in addition to this, also announced the reduction of working days for civil servants in the state as residents continue to battle with the effect of the petrol subsidy removal
According to the governor, the workers in the service of the state will now go to work physically for three out of five working days and work remotely from home for the remaining two days.
“The Edo State government is hereby reducing the number of work days that civil and public servants will have to commute to their workplaces from five days a week to three days a week till further notice. Workers will now work from home two days every week.” the statement added.
He went on to tell the people of the state that his administration would do all within its power to ameliorate the sufferings of residents.
Obaseki also assured the government will stand with workers “in these very challenging times”.