Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has refuted reports suggesting that he proposed a minimum wage of ₦80,000 for workers in the state and local government areas, labeling such claims as “unverified.”
The denial came in response to widespread online reports alleging that Governor Fubara had committed to paying the specified amount. In a statement released on Friday, his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, categorically dismissed the reports as false.
The statement from Chukwudi clarified, “The attention of the Rivers State Government has been drawn to claims circulating in an online media that the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has proposed to pay a new minimum wage of ₦80,000 for civil servants in the state and local government areas.”
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He continued, “Ordinarily, we would not have responded to this fake news, but for the wrong impression it would create in the minds of the public, especially civil servants in the state.”
He warned against the rumors on social media.
“The general public, and particularly civil servants in the state, are advised to discountenance the false claims in the online media platform,” Chukwudi urged. He also assured that the Rivers State Government would clarify its position on the matter in due course
This also follows the recent agreement by the Labour on a new minimum wage of seventy thousand Naira.
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, and the President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo, announced on Thursday after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja, where they were joined by Information Minister Mohammed Idris, Labour Minister Nkiruka Onyejeocha, and other officials from both sides.
Organized Labour settled on ₦70,000 as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. They noted that wage reviews in the country will now occur every three years instead of every five years.
