- Imo state government has denied the allegation by the NLC national secretary that it was yet to start paying the N30,000 minimum wage
- Governor Hope Uzodimma’s commissioner for information, public orientation and strategy, Declan Emelumba, said the government has been paying N30,000 and recently increased it to N40,000 after fuel subsidy removal
- Emelumba said he wondered what the NLC national secretary would get from dishing out falsehood to the public, adding that the NLC in the state has debunked the national secretary’s claim
Owerri, Imo – Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo state has said that his government has been paying N40,000 as minimum wage to state workers since the fuel subsidy removal.
The state’s commissioner for information, public orientation, and strategy, Declan Emelumba, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists at the state capital, Owerri, on Thursday, June 27.
