Sit-at-Home: Soludo Slashes February Pay of Workers Who Skipped Monday Duties

The February salaries of employees who did not show up for work on Mondays—days that the Indigenous People of Biafra had previously designated as sit-at-home days—were cut by the Anambra State Government.

In an attempt to put an end to the Monday sit-at-home, the state administration reportedly announced the start of pro-rata wage payments for workers throughout the state, stating that starting in February 2026, governmental servants’ salaries will be paid in accordance with pro-rata.

Additionally, the state government took advantage of the occasion to declare that the sit-at-home protest was over.

For several employees, however, it was a tale of sorrow when they received the warnings regarding their February paychecks, which included large deductions and a pay reduction.

Some employees at the Jerome Udoji State Secretariat in Awka, the state capital, complained to reporters on Tuesday that their salary deductions did not match the number of Mondays they missed work.

A coworker in his ministry barely received N10,000 for February after the deductions, according to one employee who asked to remain anonymous out of fear of being harmed.

Another Ministry of Information employee bemoaned receiving only N3,500 of his gross salary of around N80,000.

“One of my coworkers said she received her salary with N10,000 deducted,” he stated.

“The cuts are irregular, but some people who missed work only once or twice had significant deductions from their salaries, so I believe there were computation errors.”

“I am surprised to see huge deductions when I received the alert for my February salary,” stated another impacted employee. My pay was reduced by more than N80,000 because I missed two Mondays of work. Two Mondays weren’t intended to be up to that amount, therefore I believe the calculation was off.

Dr. Law Mefor, the state Commissioner for Information, acknowledged to reporters on Tuesday that the deductions were a penalty for missing work on Mondays.

“The salary cut is a punishment for failing to come to work on Mondays,” Mefor stated. On Mondays, you were instructed to clock in and out when you arrived at work. That is to show that you came to work.

“However, if you arrived at work on Mondays but failed to clock in and out, it indicates that you were absent because there is no proof that you were present.”