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Eno announces N80, 000 minimum wage for A’Ibom workers
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday announced N80,000 as minimum wage for workers in the state civil service.
The Commissioner for Information, Ini Ememobong, in a statement in Uyo on Wednesday, indicated that the governor had constituted a committee to ensure smooth implementation of the new minimum wage.
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He said that the committee has the Head of Service, Effiong Essien, as chairman with the Chairman, State Civil Service Commission, Chairman, Local Government Service Commission and thirteen others as members.
He said the committee has one month to submit its report on how the wage increase will be executed.
President Bola Tinubu had announced N70, 000 minimum wage for federal workers with effect from July 2024, after months of negotiations with labour unions.
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