Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has accepted the fee of a backlog amounting to over ₦50 million owed to 265 Abia employees who died throughout the previous 16 years.
The accepted funds shall be paid to the verified next-of-kin of the deceased employees.
The Commissioner for Info, Okey Kanu, disclosed this on Monday whereas briefing journalists on the end result of the State Govt Council assembly presided over by Governor Otti.
Kanu defined that the fee displays the federal government’s dedication to employees’ welfare, describing it as one of many measures that distinguish the present administration from earlier ones.
“The fee shall be made to their verified next-of-kin,” Kanu acknowledged.
He additional introduced that the state authorities would quickly begin the reconstruction of the 25-kilometre Umuahia–Ikot Ekpene Street and the 13.1-kilometre Uriam–Usaka Ring Street in Ikwuano Native Authorities Space.
Moreover, the federal government pledged to revive electrical energy in Ohafia, noting that the city and its neighbouring communities have been with out energy for the previous seven years.
Kanu additionally revealed that the primary part of the functionalisation of renovated main healthcare centres throughout the state had been accomplished.