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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the payment of N85,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the state civil service, amid the approved federal government N70,000.
The agreement was reached during a meeting presided over by the Governor.
The meeting was attended by representatives of organised labour under the auspices of the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council in the State at Government House in Port Harcourt.
The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Nelson Chukwudi, said this in a statement.
The Head of the Rivers State Civil Service, Dr George Nwaeke, said after the close door meeting that the government would begin payment of the new minimum wage in November 2024.
George said, “He (Gov Fubara) pronounced a sum of N85,000, which is higher than the minimum wage prescribed nationally.
“Issues of arrears will be worked out by the committee, of which I will be the Deputy to the SSG. We are already going to work on it in a technical committee that will now get the nitty-gritty of the payment and inform the press later.”
The Rivers State Chairman of the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council, Emecheta Chuku, hailed the governor, Fubara for paying a minimum wage approval.
