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The Rivers State government has begun implementing the N85,000 minimum wage it recently approved for its workers.

The Guardian gathered that some public school teachers and some other workers in the state were jubilant as they received their November salary alert and realised that the new minimum wage had been implemented.

Recall that President Bola Tinubu in July this year approved N70,000 nationally as the new minimum wage following pressures by the Nigeria Labour unions as a way to mitigate the current economic woes.

But Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State approved N85,000 as the new minimum wage for the state workers with assurance that the state will pay it through its Internally Generated Revenue. IGR.

The governor had announced a whopping increase of the state IGR from N11b by the previous istration to N27 billion under his istration.

The Chairman of the Nigeria Civil Service Union, Rivers State chapter, Chukwuma Osunna, confirmed the payment of the new salary structure in an interview with The Guardian.

He said, “The Governor has fulfilled his promise. As of today, November 27, 2024, I can confirm that he has paid the N85,000 new minimum wage to workers and the workers are happy.

“We met under the t council, sat with the Head of Service, saw the salary chart and confirmed that the N85,000 is well calculated and implemented in the November salary of workers, so, payment started today and by tomorrow, other banks will start to pay too.”

Osunna promised that they were ready to sacrifice anything for the current istration.

Some workers in the state in an interview expressed joy about the new wage implementation, saying it will boost their morale to work.

John Amayofoi with the State Ministry of Information, said, “This is what government should be, keeping to promises, not the political promises we have seen in the past”

Also, Mrs Angela Nkem who works with the Ministry of Tourism, said, the goodwill will go a long way to cushion the current economic woes.

Meanwhile, online videos showed some public school teachers dancing and jubilating after receiving the increased wage in their November salaries.

A teacher said, “The era has gone that teachers will use a ruler to measure yam”.

https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria/metro/jubilation-as-teachers-others-receive-n85000-minimum-wage-in-rivers/

Even though life in ph is actually very expensive and way above this 85k minimum, I must commend gov Fubara for this. Is an indication the gov has a good heart.

He can decide to approve less and no one can force him. After all, a gov still pays 18k as minimum and his people are clapping hands for him. Anyway, I understand a man got elected in the state because he shared 1 liter of kerosene to each household.

Anambra paid newly recruited teachers on level 8 #91,000 last month and increased it to #99,000 this month, an oil wealthy state like Rivers with a high cost of living should pay better than that.

greenermodels:
Anambra paid newly recruited teachers on level 8 #91,000 last month and increased it to #99,000 this month, an oil wealthy state like Rivers with a high cost of living should pay better than that.

I don't understand why people lie with reckless abandon these days.

Sincerely governor fubara tried on this new development in the civil service. His second term is much assured

Rivers, Lagos and FCT should be paying 100k minimum wage. They are the richest in Nigeria. Minimum wage means the least and not the highest.

Two hundred years alcoholic drinks in the mud right now

Lol

And the FG is yet to implement it's own or have they?

Na wao

This is sad really sad how a president can kill an economy

Lowest teacher now earns around 90k plus that's 55 dollars... Sad used to read this type of economic conditions online never knew it would happen to Nigeria

I regret ever ing APC, I regret it to my bone marrow

Rivers state can easily make 500 billion yearly from housing tax don't know why they are not interested

greenermodels:
Anambra paid newly recruited teachers on level 8 #91,000 last month and increased it to #99,000 this month, an oil wealthy state like Rivers with a high cost of living should pay better than that.

So you are saying Bsc. Holder is equivalent to an o'level holder in Anambra state??

minimum wage is the least amount expected to be paid to an employee of the lowest cadre.

#91, 000. Is very poor ooo

Lovenorth:
Two hundred years alcoholic drinks in the mud right now

47 years bro. Association of Drunks won't like this

Fubara is making selective payment of the new minimum wage in Rivers state. Make your research and you will found out that not all the civil servants received the new minimum wage.

Great100000:


https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria/metro/jubilation-as-teachers-others-receive-n85000-minimum-wage-in-rivers/

.....and his predecessor refused to pay 30k minimum wage when he was in office. Instead, wiked resorted to blackmail NLC calling Itubor all sort of names. Unfortunately, same Itubor is dinning with Wike today.
After several years, he (Wike) decided to add little fraction claiming it's minimum wage.

He wiked also refused to promote workers for 8 years, Sim did the opposite by promoting workers for 3 grade levels in less than 3 months of his istration which made Wiked angry and decided to impeach Sim.

Nice

This is highly commendable, but what I don't know is if the same minimum wage applies to the state universities?
Generally, I will say Sim has political will on good policies and programs that favours rivers people.

Lagos state level 8 teacher salary is 168,000 after tax.. level 1 69k after tax

omooba05:
Lagos state level 8 teacher salary is 168,000 after tax.. level 1 69k after tax

Ignorance is a bliss. Keep being either stupid or ignorant.

His Excellency, Sir Sim Fubara is the best performing governor in Nigeria.

coins501:

Ignorance is a bliss. Keep being either stupid or ignorant.

Who is this animal.. Who release you from your chains

coins501:

Ignorance is a bliss. Keep being either stupid or ignorant.

Your miserable father that begat you either failed to raised you in a proper way or was so poor to spend money on you. You grew up to inherit stupidity and mannerless trait from your lazy father.. smelling pig from a hole. Son of dog and a pig

Miserable.

Can't you people contribute meaningfully to a thread without cursing and abusing one another? If you people continue attacking one another like this, the country will not get better ooh because that's what those our politicians want oooh.....

greenermodels:
Anambra paid newly recruited teachers on level 8 #91,000 last month and increased it to #99,000 this month, an oil wealthy state like Rivers with a high cost of living should pay better than that.

Is level 8 the minimum level, ask how much Rivers is paying teachers on level 8 before you comment please.

When FG was busy withholding the states allocation you guys were clapping.

How about the pensioners in the state? Are they party of the new salary structure m

coins501:

Ignorance is a bliss. Keep being either stupid or ignorant.

You can never experience greatness in this life.you are destined to be foolish and doomed. Wasted life, Animal living things

alcaptainero:
Fubara is making selective payment of the new minimum wage in Rivers state. Make your research and you will found out that not all the civil servants received the new minimum wage.

That's good observation. Even last month salary was paid selectively. A lot of civil servants attached to Ecobank are yet to receive their October salary.

honey001:
Can't you people contribute meaningfully to a thread without cursing and abusing one another? If you people continue attacking one another like this, the country will not get better ooh because that's what those our politicians want oooh.....

The truth is some persons are naturally stupid and you can't engage them, all you can do is call out their stupidity and see if it might lead them to the epiphany of their stupidity but sadly most of them might remain stupid forever like that omooba05 guy. They know the difference between minimum wage salary and level 8 but they just want to discredit what needs applauding,you may ask; to what end?,to continue in their stupidity really.
Our former governor Wike refused to pay the then 30k minimum wage, a good man has come and increased the least worker's salary from 19,500 or in some cases a little above it to 85k, 15k above the national minimum wage and instead of applauding the governor people like that rat are comparing the minimum wage which level 1 workers were paid to that of level 8 workers who are graduate entries. You see how stupid the likes of omooba05 are annoyingly stupid?

coins501:

The truth is some persons are naturally stupid and you can't engage them, all you can do is call out their stupidity and see if it might lead them to the epiphany of their stupidity but sadly most of them might remain stupid forever like that omooba05 guy. They know the difference between minimum wage salary and level 8 but they just want to discredit what needs applauding,you may ask; to what end?,to continue in their stupidity really.
Our former governor Wike refused to pay the then 30k minimum wage, a good man has come and increased the least worker's salary from 19,500 or in some cases a little above it to 85k, 15k above the national minimum wage and instead of applauding the governor people like that rat are comparing the minimum wage which level 1 workers were paid to that of level 8 workers who are graduate entries. You see how stupid the likes of omooba05 are annoyingly stupid?

Hahahahaha Now i understand why you are wailing,panting and crying.. Is it my fault that your miserable father did not send you to school.. no be you say school na scam. Mumu.. If stupidity was a name,it should be your middle name.. onye iberibe

greenermodels:
Anambra paid newly recruited teachers on level 8 #91,000 last month and increased it to #99,000 this month, an oil wealthy state like Rivers with a high cost of living should pay better than that.

Wetin concern u for the matter? How far Imo, Ebonyi, Lagos, Bayelsa,Delta, Niger, Kaduna? Be broad in your scrutiny

The Rivers State Governor added 85k to their existing salaries

greenermodels:
Anambra paid newly recruited teachers on level 8 #91,000 last month and increased it to #99,000 this month, an oil wealthy state like Rivers with a high cost of living should pay better than that.