By Michael Ezenwata
The Chairman, Anambra State Local Government Service Commission Vin Ezeaka(Esq) has passed a vote of confidence on Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s administration for its worker friendly disposition.
Ezeaka in a press statement in Awka ahead of this year’s workers day celebration, confirmed the governor’s giant strides in ensuring that staff members of the local government level are feeling the impact of governance.
The religious payment of workers salaries on or before the 25th of every month has become the Hallmark of his administration in addition to the prompt payment of the gratuities and pensions of retired workers in the state and local government levels.
To further buttress his assertion, the industrial harmony in the state existing between the state government and the industrial unions has enhanced productivity and deepened the bond between the state government and workers in the state.
Bowing to the inevitability of retirement, the LG boss disclosed that the commission has notified the state government of vacancies created by compulsory retirements, and other exits by staff in the local government with a view to recruiting more staff to fill the vacancies.
He expressed belief that the governor will accede to the demand of the commission to fill the existing vacancies.
On his part,the Managing Director, Anambra State Civic and Social Reformation office,Sir Chuka Nnabuife noted that workers in the state have every reason to be grateful to Governor Soludo for not only paying their salaries as and when due,but by creating other avenues to assist them to cushion the effects of the harsh economic realities In the country.
According to Sir Chuka,such cushioning agents include the free education ,free ante natal services among others.
- Ezenwata is of the Ministry of Information, Anambra State *
