Jubilation in Ebonyi as workers receive salary

The release of the salaries followed a five-point recommendation: that the June salary should be paid to all state civil servants as was the case in the March through May 2015, but to be considered as both salary and bonus.


The committee, headed by Senator Sam Egwu, stated that civil servants and the government of Ebonyi State should accept and abide by the final decision of the committee on the payable salary – based on the economic reality from July 2015.
It added that local government workers represented by the state NUP and NULGE agreed to step down on the payment of salaries and the issue of salary increment until the whole rot in the local government system is cleaned; and that the salary of local government workers be deferred because of the rot in the system as discovered by government.
Governor Umahi had, while accepting the report of the committee, thanked its chairman and members for the speed with which they arrived at the resolution.
The governor also praised labour for its cooperation, and the role it played in his electoral victory.
Earlier, Senator Egwu had, while presenting the report, thanked Governor Umahi for the urgency he attached to labour issues in the state by setting up the committee to resolve the impasse