{"id":432203,"date":"2011-05-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/30\/no-plan-to-sack-anambra-workers-says-govt\/"},"modified":"2011-05-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-30T00:00:00","slug":"no-plan-to-sack-anambra-workers-says-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/30\/no-plan-to-sack-anambra-workers-says-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"No plan to sack Anambra workers, says govt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ANAMBRA State government has refuted a recent media report (not The Guardian) that it has concluded plans to sack a reasonable number of its workforce, including about 200 council workers and those of the state -owned Anambra State Broadcasting Service (ABS)<\/p>\n

The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Maja Umeh, added that the publication was incorrect and a misrepresentation of his statement to journalists who interviewed him earlier in the week.<\/p>\n

On the minimum wage, Umeh said the state\u2019s average monthly allocation was N2 billion while N1.2 billion is the wage bill at the current rate of N7,500 minimum wage. Therefore, at N18,000 minimum wage, the state would require an additional over N3 billion to meet up.<\/p>\n

He assured that the state would obey the law on minimum wage but would require an improvement in its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and Federal Allocation, all things being equal.<\/p>\n

The commissioner reassured the ABS and councils workers that the state government had no immediate plans to retrench any employee as insinuated by the report but urged them to put in their best for the general progress and development of the state.<\/p>\n

According to him, the true position is that the government has set up a committee headed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Dike Ndulue, to \u201cstreamline the workforce of ABS to enhance productivity\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said the aim of the exercise was not to witch-hunt anyone or retrench people.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the state government has commenced the disbursement of about N21.7 million to apex farmer groups in the state under the on-going National Programme on Food Security, Roots and Tubers\u2019 Expansion Programme Credit Facilities.<\/p>\n

The state Governor, Peter Obi, kick-started the disbursement at the weekend while flagging off the 2011 farming season at AUSCO Farms, Agu Awka, as part of measures to reposition viable private sector-driven agricultural sector in the state.<\/p>\n

He noted that the state has become a reference point in prompt payment of counter-part contributions in various partnership programmes and admitted that farmers had important roles to play in achieving the vision of eradicating hunger and extreme poverty in the state.<\/p>\n

He also assured that the government would soon release counterpart funding to enable farmers access Federal Government loans.<\/p>\n

The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Godson Ezenagu, said the state was ready for this year\u2019s farming activities and had procured 4,000 metric tones of fertiliser, tractors and different types of seeds, seedlings and agro-chemicals, while the governor had approved the distribution of the fertiliser at 25 per cent subsidy to farmers.<\/p>\n

The owner of AUSCO Farm, Austin Ndigwe, said the farm had a lot of potential and opportunities for employment in its diverse sectors of poultry\/hatchery, vegetables, pineapples, yam, palm oil, piggery, cattle\/goat rearing, fish\/snail\/grass-cutter farming.<\/p>\n

He disclosed that students of agricultural department in nearby tertiary institutions do their practical works and guided tours in the farm.<\/p>\n

He urged citizens to return to land for effective provision of fresh food in the interest of the nation. He also appealed to the state and Federal Governments to provide short and long-term loans for farmers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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