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Mourners on Saturday wailed and clung to one another at the Okwuta Ibeku community in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State, where late 20-year-old Cadet Airforce Officer, Emmanuel Onyeomereneche, who died in a hotel swimming pool, was buried. Onyeomereneche, who was said to have a few months to graduate from the National Defence
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Ebonyi State Government says it has concluded arrangements to begin the implementation of the payment of Federal Government’s approved National Minimum Wage to civil servants in the State starting this September, 2024. The state Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Jude Okpor disclosed this in an exclusive chat with DAILY POST on Thursday. Okpor explained
Ebonyi to begin payment of new minimum wage September -Information Commissioner
Ebonyi State Government says it has concluded arrangements to begin the implementation of the payment of Federal Government’s approved National Minimum Wage to civil servants in the State starting this September, 2024.
The state Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Jude Okpor disclosed this in an exclusive chat with DAILY POST on Thursday.
Okpor explained that the implementation was part of the Governor’s economic policies of improving the living standards of citizens of the State.
According to him, the administration of Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru of Ebonyi State was the first in the South East region to agree to the implementation of the new National Minimum Wage for workers.
He noted that the empowerment packages of the present administration were in different categories as many indigenes and non-indigenes have been benefiting from the empowerment Programmes of the Governor.
“In the commencement of his administration, his Excellency in order ameliorate the present economic hardship being faced by citizens, owing to the removal of fuel subsidy, which has continued to impact on the cost of commodities and cost of living, across the country, including Ebonyi State, for instance, implemented the wage increment of N10,000.00 and later upgraded it to N20,000.00.
“The Governor of Ebonyi State is the first Executive Governor in the South East to agree to the payment of the new national minimum wage, which directive has been given to the relevant authorities to begin the payment this September,” he stated.
Ebonyi to begin payment of new minimum wage September -Information Commissioner
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