Cross River State governor, Bassey Otu has on Wednesday introduced N40,000 because the dwelling wage for the least paid civil servants within the state.
Governor Otu additionally pledged that his administration would implement the excellent promotion arrears he inherited earlier than his assumption to workplace on Might 29, 2023.
The Governor made the announcement through the 2024 Staff’ Day celebration on the U.J Esuene Sports activities Stadium, Calabar, the Cross River State capital.
He assured staff that his administration is not going to relent in celebrating her staff by being proactive in attending to the problems that have an effect on the workforce in direction of motivating them for elevated productiveness.
Otu mentioned that his administration’s immediate cost of wage and pension will stay a primary precedence in each month’s expenditure, contemplating the large power sunk in by staff to implement the programmes and insurance policies of presidency.
He acknowledged that Cross River is presently on the verge of concluding needed preparations for the staggered cost of excellent gratuity to its retired staff, thereby charging pensioners to train persistence.
“Owing to the peculiarity of our state in regard to its lean funds occasioned by low Statutory Federal Allocation and aggravated by the unfavourable state GDP to Debt servicing ratio, the brand new wage implementation shall be consistent with the realities of the time, moderately than sentiments.
“I want to announce that the least paid employee within the Cross River State Civil Service will henceforth earn the sum of N40,000.00 (Forty Thousand Naira) solely; as a dwelling wage,” including that modalities for speedy implementation are being labored out.
Governor Otu subsequently charged each employee within the make use of of Cross River State to reciprocate the sort gestures of the administration by doubling the efforts in assigned duties.