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MINIMUM WGAE: Akwa Ibom workers get N80,000, Kebbi N75,000
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno on Wednesday announced a new minimum wage of N80,000 for civil servants in the state.
The State Commissioner for Information, Ini Ememobong confirmed the development in a statement today.
According to the statement, Umo has established an implementation Committee with a one-month deadline to finalize how the new wage will be executed.
The committee, chaired by the State’s Head of Civil Service, includes the Accountant General of the State, the State Chairman of the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council, and the State Chairmen of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress, and the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, among others.
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Ememobong had described the move as “a reflection of the state government’s commitment to improving the welfare of its workforce.”
Meanwhile, the Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, today approved N75,000 as the state’s minimum wage for the lowest-paid civil servant in the state.
Idris signed the state minimum wage edict into law a while ago at the state house, in the presence of national officials from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), led by President Joe Ajaero.
Recall that Idris played a significant role in the new minimum wage implementation, even when some governors insisted that they cannot afford to pay it.
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