The first consignment of bags of rice to be distributed to the State workforce this yuletide by the State Government has arrived.
The Head of Service Mr Harry Uduh received the consignment from the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Finance and Secretary of the Joint Account Allocation Committee, Mr Confidence Azodo at the
Jerome Udorji Secretariat Complex in Awka.
Receiving the consignment, the Head of Service stressed that the action shows consistency on the part of Governor Willie Obiano, adding that since the consignment came on time, every Anambra worker will get the rice a month ahead of Christmas.
Mr Uduh a lawyer while assuring the Obiano administration of the workers support, appreciated the Governor’s magnanimity.
On the new minimum wage, Mr Uduh said that Anambra is ahead of many States in payment of workers’ salaries and emoluments.
Earlier while handing over the consignment, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Finance and the Secretary of Joint
Account Allocation Committee, Mr Confidence Azodo, noted that the State government is working relentlessly to ensure that all outstanding payments will be cleared by the first week of December, including leave allowances, adding that the rice distribution will commence from the twenty fourth of this month.
The Producer of Anambra Rice, Mr Akai Egwuonwu said that they have checked and approved the quality and size of the rice, attesting that every grain was cultivated, harvested and processed in the State.
It would be recalled that Governor Willie Obiano has made the distribution of bags of rice to the State’s workforce an annual
tradition since inception of his administration.
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