{"id":131341,"date":"2024-09-19T10:54:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T09:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ebonyi-to-begin-payment-of-new-minimum-wage-september-information-commissioner"},"modified":"2024-09-19T12:00:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T11:00:55","slug":"ebonyi-to-begin-payment-of-new-minimum-wage-september-information-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ebonyi-to-begin-payment-of-new-minimum-wage-september-information-commissioner","title":{"rendered":"Ebonyi to begin payment of new minimum wage September -Information Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Ebonyi State Government says it has concluded arrangements to begin the implementation of the payment of Federal Government\u2019s approved National Minimum Wage to civil servants in the State starting this September, 2024.<\/p>\n

The state Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Jude Okpor disclosed this in an exclusive chat with on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Okpor explained that the implementation was part of the Governor\u2019s economic policies of improving the living standards of citizens of the State.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the commencement of his administration, his Excellency in order to 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Ebonyi State Government says it has concluded arrangements to begin the implementation of the payment of Federal Government\u2019s 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 on Thursday. 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