Governor Godwin Obaseki announced the increment in workers’ salaries in the state from N40,000 to N70,000 during the inauguration of the Labour House in Benin.
APC attributed the kidnap of the PDP chairman to the lack of strong security architecture in Edo under Governor Godwin Obaseki.
The buses will run between 6:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. daily.
The state government also says it has reinforced its Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps ahead of the anticipated flooding.
He said the money accrued to the traditional rulers under Governor Godwin Obaseki increased.
He explained that the revalidation of the database of the vulnerable poor households in the state was currently ongoing.
Oshiomhole deliberately instigated the protest of the people
Chris Nehikhare, the state’s Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, said the arrested were helping with investigation.
The Edo commissioner said seven of the kidnapped would-be train passengers had been rescued.
The rescued persons include a 65-year-old man, a nursing mother and her baby, a 6-year-old girl and her two siblings – aged two and five.
