Ebonyi State Government increases minimum wage to 90,000

The Ebonyi State Government has increased the minimum wage for its civil servants from N70,000 to N90,000.

According to the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Ikeuwa Omebe, the decision was made during a recent State Executive Council meeting to improve the welfare of workers.

He added that the new wage takes effect immediately and applies to all civil servants in the state following the Imo state governor increase.

We want to state categorically that this is not a political statement as this government does not toy with workers’ welfare.“The government has offset the pensions and gratuities of state retirees from its creation in 1996 till date.“

The verification process for retirees in the Local Government Areas has commenced and when completed, the payment will be made,” he said.

He noted that if the government did not play politics with such huge financial obligations, it will not do so with additional N20,000 to workers.

“The governor is a leader, builder of capacity, human beings and infrastructure.“

The government is anchored on the biblical people’s charter of needs mantra which is leading the people according to their needs,” he said.

Omebe disclosed that the EXCO also considered implementation of the eighth-year tenure policy for directors and immediate retirement of those who have served for the period on the same cadre.“

The EXCO exhaustively deliberated on the issue and approved its implementation for the affected permanent secretaries and directors,” he said.