{"id":14941,"date":"2026-11-11T11:31:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T11:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/abia-first-in-seast-to-implement-conless-for-assembly-workers\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T11:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T11:31:01","slug":"abia-first-in-seast-to-implement-conless-for-assembly-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/abia-first-in-seast-to-implement-conless-for-assembly-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Abia first in S\u2019East to implement CONLESS for Assembly workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Abia-first-in-SEast-to-implement-CONLESS-for-Assembly-workers.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Abia first in S\u2019East to implement CONLESS for Assembly workers\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Abia-first-in-SEast-to-implement-CONLESS-for-Assembly-workers.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/abia-state-map-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>. Otti approves 25% salary increase, implementation begins January<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Steve Oko<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abia State has become the first state in the South-East to adopt the Consolidated Legislative Salary Structure (CONLESS) for parliamentary workers, with Governor Alex Otti approving a 25 per cent salary increase for eligible staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new salary structure, which covers employees of the Abia State House of Assembly and the House of Assembly Service Commission, will take effect from January 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Njoku Ukoha, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, saying the approval followed recommendations by the committee set up to work out the implementation of CONLESS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CONLESS is the approved remuneration structure for legislative workers in the National Assembly, state Houses of Assembly and their respective service commissions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its implementation has remained outstanding in several states despite persistent demands by parliamentary workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The approval is expected to address disparities in the remuneration of legislative staff, improve their welfare and strengthen the institutional capacity of the legislature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development also marks a significant step in Abia\u2019s efforts to improve public sector remuneration and promote fairness in the state\u2019s workforce.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/abia-first-in-seast-to-implement-conless-for-assembly-workers\/\">Abia first in S\u2019East to implement CONLESS for Assembly workers<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. Otti approves 25% salary increase, implementation begins January By Steve Oko Abia State has become the first state in the South-East to adopt the Consolidated Legislative Salary Structure (CONLESS)&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}