The Governor of Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria, Mr Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, has approved the payment of Seventy Thousand Naira (N70,000.00) minimum wage to Civil Servants of the State.
Nwifuru, who made the announcement at the grand finale of the Ojiji Izhi New Yam Festival 2024, Amagu Cultural Home, said he has directed relevant Government authorities to draft out modalities for the payment of the New Minimum Wage commencing September.
The Governor, however, frowned at the manner at which government projects awarded as contracts to prominent leaders of the state were handled, especially the housing estates at Izo and Amaze in Ishielu Local Government.
He gave a marching order to the Commissioner for Housing to ensure the painting of the houses immediately.
He further called on the people of Ebonyi State to always report any Government projects suffering delay by contractors to him, even as he said anyone working against his Government is working against the interest of Izhi-Nnodo Ekumenyi.
The governo
r urged Nigerian youths, especially the Izhi Nnodo Youths, to embrace their culture as a daily ethic, to help shape their characters in society.
Source: Voice of Nigeria