The Delta State government has taken a legislative step to shield the payment of the recently approved 13-month salary to civil servants from the discretion of any governor, present or future. An executive bill formalising the policy as a permanent statutory entitlement has scaled through the State House of Assembly and is awaiting Governor Sheriff Oborevwori's assent. The move aims to insulate the salary from political caprices.
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