Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has approved 75,000 Naira as New Minimum wage for Ebonyi Workers.

The Chief press Secretary to Governor Nwifuru, Dr. Monday Uzor who revealed this on Sunday said the new minimum wage takes effect from Monday 28/10/2024.

Recall that the Governor had on September previously approved the payment of N70,000 new minimum wage to civil servants in the state.

The Governor disclosed this while speaking to a group of journalists at New Government House in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital.

Governor Nwifuru noted that the N70,000 minimum wage is not a salary increment, adding that the new minimum wage entails the least payment of a worker is N70,000 and not the entire workforce.

He further directed the State Head of Service to draft out modalities for the payment of the new minimum wage.