Cross River approves N70K minimum wage for workers after pressure from labour

The Cross River State government on Monday approved N70, 000 as minimum wage for state civil servants in the state.

The government also approved consequential adjustment for all categories of workers in the state.

The signing of the agreement between the government and the organised labour followed a series of meetings that started on Thursday.

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) Chairman, Monday Ogbodum, confirmed the development to journalists in Calabar.

He said that the unions would hold a congress later on Monday to decide the next line of action.

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Ogbodum said: “It is true that we have reached and signed agreement of the implementation of the new minimum wage with the government. This also includes the consequential adjustment.

“This agreement was reached taken the peculiarity of the state into consideration.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had last week directed workers in some states across the country to begin strike on Monday over the non- implementation of the N70,000 new minimum wage.

This decision followed the alleged persistent delays by some state governments on the implementation of the 2024 National Minimum Wage Act.

The affected states are – Abia, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Enugu, Imo, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Oyo, Sokoto, Yobe, Zamfara, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

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