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Business News of Friday, 3 January 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Ebonyi State workers to receive new minimum wage from January 10

Ebonyi Governor, David Umahi Ebonyi Governor, David Umahi

Ebonyi State workers would be the greatest beneficiaries of the minimum wage, as Ebonyi Governor David Umahi ordered the payment of civil servants new salaries from January 10, 2020.

This was contained in a statement by the Governor’s Special Assistant on Media, Francis Nwaze. The essence of the early payment was to boost workers morale as they resume to work from the Yuletide.

The statement read:

“In compliance with the Governor’s approval to commence the payment of new minimum wage to Civil Servants effective from January 1, 2020 in Ebonyi State and his commitment and love for the good people of Ebonyi State which translates to his continued effort in ensuring that dividends of democracy cut across all and sundry, the Governor of Ebonyi State, His Excellency, Chief Engr. David Nweze Umahi, FNSE, FNATE, has graciously directed the State Accountant General and all the LGAs Chairmen in the state to seek for overdraft and ensure the payment of the new Minimum Wage to Civil Servants by 10th January, 2020”.

The State Accountant General has been charged by Umahi to make this happen.

Ebonyi State government and the Organised Labour in the state had in December 2019 signed an agreement on the new minimum wage after months of negotiation.

The directive is an improvement on the previous policy of paying workers their salary from the 15th of every month.