Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has approved a new minimum wage of N85,000 for civil servants under the employ of the Rivers State Government.
The decision was agreed during a meeting chaired by the Governor, attended by representatives of organized labour under the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Frida
At the end of the meeting, Head of Rivers State Civil Service, Dr George Nwaeke, who spoke on behalf of the government, confirmed the approval of the new minimum wage by Governor Fubara.
According to him, the implementation will start in November 2024.
Speaking on potential arrears of the new wage, Nwaeke noted that a technical committee has been established to develop a feasible payment plan addressing the arrears.
Nwaeke said, “He, Gov Fubara has pronounced a figure that is higher than the National Minimum Wage. He pronounced a sum of N85,000.00, which is higher than the minimum wage that was prescribed nationally.
“So, as the Head of Service and a major stakeholder in the labour family, I am very happy to say that the Rivers State Civil Servants have never had it this good since the inception of this State.
“The labour union leaders and all the other major stakeholders were happy with this development,” he added.
“Issues of arrears will be worked out by the committee that I am going to be 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.”
