by Azeez Adeniyi

In celebration of World Workers’ day, the Cross River State government has paid its workers their May salaries.

The state governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, had on April 30 ordered that the May salaries of workers be paid.

Ayade had ordered the payment of workers in May last year in commemoration of Workers’ day and on December 1, 2016.

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Workers in the state got two months salaries in one week, as salaries for April  were paid a few days ago. 

State chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, John Ushie, said the union had advised against the payment of salaries in advance.

Ushie said, “We had advised the governor not to be paying salaries like this but he insisted. Maybe it is his own way of showing that he cares for the people. He feels he should make the life of the people better and he has expressed this by paying a month salary in advance.”

Azeez