Delta Governor Sheriff Oborevwori
The Delta State Executive Council has approved the institutionalisation of the 13th-month salary for civil servants and plans to recruit more teachers for public secondary schools as part of measures to improve workers’ welfare and strengthen education in the state.
The decisions were reached at the State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and disclosed on Friday in a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Festus Ahon.
Briefing journalists after the meeting, the Commissioner for Works (Rural Roads) and Public Information, Charles Aniagwu, said the council approved a memo presented by the governor to make the payment of the 13th-month salary a permanent statutory benefit for workers.
He said, “The council approved a memo presented by His Excellency to make the payment of the 13th-month salary a permanent statutory benefit for workers in Delta State.”
