The Anambra State Government has said it is beginning a pro-rata salary payment for workers across the state as part of efforts to end the Monday sit-at-home directive enforced by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra across the state.
The government disclosed that, effective February 2026, salaries of civil servants in the state will be paid on a pro-rata basis.
Speaking with journalists on Saturday in Awka, the state Commissioner for Information, Law Mefor, said the initiative was reached during the end-of-tenure retreat of the Anambra State Executive Council.
On how the pro-rata payment will be calculated, the commissioner said the 24 working days in a month would be used to divide a worker’s salary to determine what they would earn at the end of the month.
“The thing has to be done. Four years is enough. The economic loss of the sit-at-home runs into trillions since it started, according to an international firm.”
“It is a decision the state government has taken, and the implementation is already ongoing,” Mefor said.
He disclosed that the retreat was held to review the activities of the administration of Governor Chukwuma Soludo in its concluding four-year tenure, as well as to craft a better focus for the new term commencing on March 17, 2026.
The commissioner said the retreat observed that for the past four years, Anambra public and civil servants did not show up for work on Mondays due to the sit-at-home, citing insecurity and the unavailability of transportation.
He said, “The retreat acknowledged that even though these factors existed in the past, they no longer exist, making them invalid reasons for absenteeism from work. The workers were simply enjoying the sit-at-home because they know that whether they come to work or not, they will be paid salaries.
