`The Anambra State government has announced that civil servants’ salaries will now be paid on a pro-rata basis, effective February 2026, in a bid to curb the longstanding Monday sit-at-home practice across the state.
State Commissioner for Information, Dr. Law Mefor, disclosed the development to journalists in Awka on Saturday, January 24, 2026.
He explained that the decision emerged from the end-of-tenure retreat of the Anambra State Executive Council, held to review the administration of Governor Chukwuma Soludo over the past four years and to set a roadmap for the new term beginning March 17, 2026
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Mefor noted that for several years, civil servants often abstained from work on Mondays due to the sit-at-home, citing security concerns and poor transportation as reasons for absenteeism
The retreat acknowledged that even though these factors existed in the past, they no longer hold, making them invalid reasons for absenteeism,” Mefor said.
“Workers were simply enjoying the sit-at-home because they knew they would still be paid. The ANSEC retreat has decided to put a stop to this anomaly.”
Under the new system, workers who fail to report on Mondays will have their salaries for the day proportionally deducted
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