Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru has increased the salary of civil servants in the State by ten thousand nairas (N10,000) for each worker, in order to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy recently announced by President Bola Tinubu.
The Commissioner for Information and State Orientation Jude Okpor disclosed this while briefing Journalists on the outcome of the Executive Council Meeting that took place yesterday at Exco chambers, New Government House, Abakaliki, the State capital.
“The issue of workers’ salaries was raised and deliberated by Exco. The sum of N10,000 will be added to every worker’s salary in the state to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal,” he said.
Okpor said that the council also approved the employment of 1454 Ebonyi State indigenes into the state civil service to fill in vacancies created in the services over the years.
He said “Governor Nwifuru also mandated the SSG, Professor Grace Umezuruike to look into the finances of the State University (EBSU) to know what comes out and goes into the University to help determine the upwards review of subvention to the University.”
