The Head of Civil Service in Akwa Ibom, Mr Effiong Essien, has said that the state government will soon begin discussion with
labour on the new minimum wage . Essien said in an interview with newsmen in Uyo on Monday, that the state government was waiting for the circular on the consequential adjustment. He assured that… labour on the new minimum wage .
When contacted, Mr Sunny James, the Chairman, Nigerian Labour Congress in the state, said that negotiations had yet to begin between labour and the state government on the matter.“We have a N70,000 new minimum wage law, but there has to be consequential adjustment to make the salary table to flow. “There is no way workers in the state will accept anything less than N70,000 as the new minimum wage,” he said.
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have thwarted a kidnap attempt by a syndicate of kidnappers in Oghara Kingdom, in the Ethiope West Local Government Area of the state, after engaging the suspects in a gun battle. In a statement signed on Monday, the police spokesperson in the state, SP Bright Edafe, said…
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