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ABIA: PDP candidate promises N90,000 minimum wage, vows to recall 15,000 sacked workers

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By Dickson Omobola Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Abia State, Kelechi Anosike, has vowed to increase the minimum wage in the state to N90,000 if elected, saying he will introduce a welfarist system that would enable families unable to pay school fees to do so. Anosike also lamented the taxation burden in Abia, […] The post ABIA: PDP candidate promises N90,000 minimum wage, vows to recall 15,000 sacked workers appeared first on Vanguard News.

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