Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has approved the implementation of a 25 per cent Consolidated Legislative Salary Structure (CONLESS) for eligible staff of the Abia State House of Assembly and the Abia State House of Assembly Service Commission.
The approval, granted on the recommendation of the Committee on CONLESS, is scheduled to take effect from January 2027.
With the development, Abia State becomes the first state in the South-East to implement CONLESS for its parliamentary workers.
CONLESS is the salary structure applicable to legislative staff in the National Assembly, state Houses of Assembly and their respective service commissions.
Its implementation has remained outstanding in several states despite persistent demands by parliamentary workers for the adoption of the structure.
The development was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ukoha Njoku Ukoha, and made available to journalists in Umuahia.
According to the statement, the approval reflects Otti’s administration’s commitment to workers’ welfare, fairness and the strengthening of democratic institutions in Abia State.
