Akwa Ibom gov releases fresh N1.5bn for retired workers

Umo Eno, governor of Akwa Ibom state, has directed the immediate release of an additional N1.5 billion for payment of outstanding gratuities of retired workers in the state.

Chief press secretary to the governor, Ekerete Udoh, who broke the news, said it was a further confirmation of the governor’s resolve to fulfill his pact with workers in the state.

During his campaign, Eno had promised to continue paying backlog of gratuity from where his immediate predecessor in office had stopped.

Before the current release, N5.3 billion had been released by the governor for retired workers in the state.

Few weeks ago, an additional one month salary otherwise called 13th month salary, or “ Enomber” was approved for civil servants in the State, to bring Christmas cheers.

Eno, has, in under six months in office, touched on the critical pillars of the ARISE Agenda, especially in rural development, education, healthcare, security and infrastructural maintenance.