Chinedu Ngwuta, Abakaliki

Ebonyi State Governor, Rt Hon. Francis Nwifuru has ordered #10,000 increment to the salaries of the state civil service and immediate recruitment of 1454 persons into the state work force.

The development was disclosed by the state Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Jude Okpor while briefing journalists on the outcome of this week’s executive council meeting.

He said the Governor as the Chairman, ordered that N10,000 be added into every worker’s salary in the state to mitigate the effect of fuel subsidy removal.

Okpor infored that the council set up committee to look into communal crises across the state with a view to resolving them.

“Exco deliberated on crises in some parts of the state and set up a committee with a view to resolving them.The committee is to look into the Ezza Effium and Effium crisis in Ohaukwu local government area, Isinkwo/Abaomege crisis in Onicha local government area, Amana/ Ikwo in Ezza South and Ikwo Local Government Area among other areas in the state that has a crisis.

“The issue of workers’ salaries was raised and deliberated on by Exco. The Executive Council led by His Excellency the Chairman of Council approved that N10,000 be added to every worker’s salary in the state to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal.

“He however, said, Nwifuru mandated 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.

” Council also approved the employment of 1454 Ebonyians into the state civil service to fill in vacancies created in the services over the years.

“Water problems in the state came up for deliberation. After the deliberation, a matching order was given to the Commissioner for Water Resources in the state by His Excellency the Governor to get water running in all the streets of capital city before the next EXCO meeting, His Excellency was made to understand the hardship people in the state capital are facing over the problem of water and resolved that it must come to an end”,