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Just In! Obaseki Increases Minimum Wage In Edo To N40,000

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Better days are here for Edo State workers as Governor Godwin Obaseki has increased Minimum Wage of government workers from N30,000 to N40,000.

Governor Obaseki announced the cheery news to workers during the 2022 Workers Day celebration at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium.

He also used the occasion to call on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on food in the country as majority of Nigerians can no longer feed well

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