Governor Umo Eno has announced N80,000 as the new minimum wage for all workers.
Eno announced this on Wednesday in a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Comrade Ini Ememobong.
He also set up an implementation committee chaired by the Head of the State Civil Service, Effiong Essien.
The committee has been given one month to deliver it’s report on how the wage increase will be executed.
Other members of the committee are Chairman, State Civil Service Commission, Chairman, Local Government Service Commission, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, the leadership of labour unions such as the NLC and TUC among others.
Ememobong said that the announcement was “reflective the state government’s commitment to improving the welfare of its workforce”.