The Anambra State Government has announced its decision to pay salaries of workers in its employ on attendance basis.
The measure is aimed to discourage workers from shunning offices on Monday in observance of the sit-at-home order of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra.
Despite IPOB jettisoned the order, some workers still observe it in fear of attack.
Effective February 2026, salaries of civil servants in the state will be paid on a pro-rata basis to encourage regular attendance, the state Commissioner for Information, Law Mefor, told newsmen in Akwa on Saturday.
The initiative, the Commissioner said, was reached during the end-of-tenure retreat of the Anambra State Executive Council.
Providing details on how the pro-rata payment will be calculated, Mefor stated that the 24 working days in a month would be used to divide a worker’s salary to determine what they would earn at the end of the month.
“The thing has to be done. Four years is enough. The economic loss of the sit-at-home runs into trillions since it started, according to an international firm.
“It is a decision the state government has taken, and the implementation is already ongoing,” he remarked.
Before he added, “The retreat acknowledged that even though these factors existed in the past, they no longer exist, making them invalid reasons for absenteeism from work. The workers were simply enjoying the sit-at-home because they know that whether they come to work or not, they will be paid salaries.
“The ANSEC retreat has decided to put a stop to the anomaly. Ordinarily, the matter should be treated as a case of absenteeism, which could lead to dismissal from service, as captured in the civil service law.
“But we are not following that route. The state government has decided to pay pro-rata from this February. So, if you don’t want to lose your salary for that Monday, then you come to work.
“The mechanism is already in place, and forms are being devised so that workers can clock in on Monday morning and clock out at the close of work.”
