The Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has approved the increase of minimun wage of workers in the state to N40,000 to cushion effects of the removal of fuel subsidy.
The governor who stated this while addressing members of the state executive council on Saturday, July 25, said the current economic situation caused by the removal of fuel subsidy is b#ting hard on the people.
He also rolled out other palliative measures, which include the review of workers salary structure, approval of 10 per cent increment in the minimum wage, declaring a free daily meal and free medical treatment for all state workers, and provision of more free buses for Imo workers.
The governor’s chief press secretary, Oguwike Nwachukwu, in a statement said: “There shall be an immediate upward review of the salaries and wages of workers in the state. The minimum wage is hereby raised to N40,000 with discretionary consequential adjustments.
At least, your salaries would be able not only to take you home, but to also provide your basic necessities to enable you to make ends meet.
Apart from the free transport which the workers are already enjoying, I shall increase the fleet of buses carrying workers to and from work with ten more new buses. This is to ensure every nook and cranny of the state capital is captured in the routes that the buses ply, to bring the service closest to the doorsteps of every worker.
Also, plans have reached advanced level to recalibrate the tax system in Imo state, with Governor Uzodimma hinting that those who earn below N100,000 annually are likely going to be yanked off the State’s tax net.“
