Governor Uzodimma raises minimum wage to N104,000 for Imo State workers

Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has increased the minimum wage for the state’s civil servants from N70,000 to N104,000.

The governor announced the new minimum wage on Tuesday night at a meeting with organised labour at the Government House in Owerri, the state capital. This shows an additional N34,000.

Uzodimma also raised the wages for the state’s health workers, pegging the entry-level salary for medical doctors at N508,000, while senior positions in the same cadre will earn up to N1.2 million.

Other health workers, the governor said, would start at N108,000, with top earners receiving as much as N803,000, an upward review from the previous N77,600 to N502,000 range.

For lecturers, the new entry point will be N222,000.

Other civil service positions also received significant increases according to their salary structures.

Uzodimma directed the immediate release of N16 billion to clear outstanding pension and gratuity arrears for senior citizens. The next phase of the payment will start tomorrow.