From Paul Osuyi, Asaba
Delta State Government has entered into partnership, on behalf of civil servants, with a major building material distributor for the purchase of materials on flexible payment arrangements. With the new partnership, executed through the office of the Head of Service (HoS), public servants are expected to enjoy discounted cost of building on a payment plan spread over one year.
This is coming barely a month after the signing of an agreement with KYC Interproject Limited to build 10,000 housing units, in the first instance, for public servants.
In a circular to announce the new partnership, the HoS, Mr. Reginald Bayoko, gave the name of the building distributor as Messrs Lafenax Nigeria Limited.
Bayako said the arrangement was put in place to improve the welfare of its workforce by mitigating the high cost of building materials as well as reduce the financial burden of construction through direct deductions at source from their monthly salaries.
The HoS thanked Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, for providing the enabling environment to consummate the arrangement.
He explained that officers on salary grade levels 01 – 06bwere eligible to collect various building materials, worth between N150,000 and N500,000 while those on salary grade levels 07 – 12 were eligible for items ranging from N150,000 to N1 million. Other categories of officers listed in the circular were those on salary grade levels 13 to the consolidated, who were eligible to collect building materials worth between N150,000 and N2 million, while those on salary grade levels 16 and above to receive items up to N3 million.