By Christian Njoku
Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River has approved the constitution of a Joint Public Service Negotiating and Implementation Committee on N70,000 new National Minimum Wage in the state.
This was contained in a statement signed by Mr NSA Gil, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor on Friday in Calabar.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that on May 1, during the Workers Day celebration, Otu had announced a new minimum wage of N40,000 for workers of the state, an amount which was criticised by many of the workers.
Gil noted that the committee was expected to commence sitting anytime from Nov. 1 subject to its convenience and round-up on time to enable compliance by the state.
The committee which has 16 members is to be headed by the state Head of Service, Dr Innocent Eteng.
Other members include Mr Gregory Olayi, state Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and Mr Monday Ogbodun, state Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC). (NAN)
