According to the Ebonyi State Government, plans have been finalised to start paying civil officials in the State the federally approved National Minimum Wage in September 2024.

Jude Okpor, the state’s commissioner for information and state orientation, said this in a Thursday exclusive interview with DAILY PULSE REPORT.

Okpor clarified that the implementation was a component of the governor’s economic plans aimed at raising the state’s residents’ standard of living.

He claimed that the Ebonyi State administration of Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru was the first in the South East to consent to the new National Minimum Wage for workers’ implementation.

He pointed out that the current administration’s empowerment packages fell into multiple categories because both native people and non-native people benefited from the governor’s empowerment programs.

“At the beginning of his administration, His Excellency implemented the N10,000.00 wage increment and later upgraded it to N20,000.00 in order to alleviate the current economic hardship being faced by citizens due to the removal of fuel subsidy, which has continued to impact on the cost of commodities and cost of living throughout the country, including Ebonyi State.”

The directive has been sent to the necessary authorities to commence the payment of the new national minimum wage this September, and the governor of Ebonyi State is the first Executive Governor in the South East to consent to it, he said.