Fubara begins payment of N85,000 minimum wage to Rivers workers

• He said the payment, which began with November salaries, has sparked celebration among civil servants in the state

Rivers State government has begun payment of N85,000 new minimum wage to workers in its employ.

Chukwuma Osunna, Chairman of the Nigeria Civil Service Union, Rivers State Chapter, who disclosed this said the state governor, Governor Sim Fubara, began the payment of the new minimum wage on Wednesday.

“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 joint 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,” he told journalists.

He said the payment, which began with November salaries, has sparked celebration among civil servants in the state.

Recall that Fubara had announced the wage increase in response to President Bola Tinubu’s approval of a N70,000 national minimum wage in July.

He had pledged a higher wage for Rivers workers, citing the state’s robust Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) as a sustainable source for the increase