By Anayo Anayo Onukwugha, Port Harcourt
Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has approved N100,000 for civil servants, public servants and pensioners in the State for the celebration of Christmas and New Year.
The State’s Head of Service, Dr. George Nweke, in a statement issued on Tuesday evening, said the gesture was to enable the beneficiaries to have a fulfilled Yuletide celebration.
The statement read in part: “I wish to inform the general public that the Rivers State Governor, His Excellency Sir Siminalayi Fubara, GSSRS in the spirit of the Yuletide has approved the sum of N100,000 for civil servants, public servants and pensioners in Rivers State, to enable them have a fulfilled Christmas celebration.
“The 2024 Christmas bonus will go to workers in the different Ministries, Departments, and Agencies as well as the pensioners both in the civil and public service.
“His Excellency who gave this approval on Monday 23rd of December 2024, has directed its immediate implementation to enable the civil servants to have a wonderful Yuletide celebration.
“I wish to state that this is the second time within the administration of his Excellency Governor Siminalayi Fubara that civil servants in the state will be receiving Christmas bonuses, to the tune of one hundred thousand naira, an amount which is above the value of the nation’s minimum wage, and the first time that pensioners are being included.
“The one hundred thousand Naira Christmas bonus for both civil and public servants as well as pensioners is part of Governor Fubara’s ‘Rivers First’ mantra aimed at securing the well-being and happiness of Rivers people across the various sectors of the economy.”
