Minimum Wage: Akwa Ibom Okays N80,000, Abia N70,000

Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno has approved a new minimum wage of N80,000 for State government employees, just as Abia has approved N70,000 for their civil servants.

The Akwa Ibom state governor has also constituted an implementation committee to ensure the smooth commencement of the new wage regime. Elder Effiong Essien, the Head of the Civil Service (HoCS), will chair the committee.

The committee has a one-month ultimatum to deliver its report on the wage increase harmonisation.
Disclosing this to Journalists in Uyo, the State capital, on Wednesday, the Commissioner for Information, Comrade Ini Ememobong, listed other members of the committee, including; Chairman, Local Government Service Commission (LGSC); Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance; Permanent Secretary, Department of Establishments.

Meanwhile, the Abia State government has approved the payment of the new national minimum wage of N70,000 to workers starting this month.

The information commissioner, Okey Kanu, announced this in Umuahia, the capital, after this week’s executive council meeting, which the governor, Alex Otti, chaired.

Kanu said, “If the governor, Alex Otti, wants to deviate from the national standard and pay higher, so be it.”

His labour and productivity counterpart, Sunny Onwuma, encouraged workers to reciprocate the approval by being more productive.