Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma Approves ₦104,000 Minimum Wage For Workers
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Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma has announced the approval of a new minimum wage for civil servants in the state.
The governor approved ₦104,000 as the new minimum wage.
Uzodinma made this known during a meeting with various labour union leaders on Tuesday night at the Government House in Owerri.
The minimum wage was increased from ₦76,000 to ₦104,000.
Also increased was the minimum wage of doctors from ₦215,000 to ₦503,000, while those of teachers in tertiary institutions was increased from ₦119,000 to ₦222,000, among others.
He said Imo citizens had faced numerous challenges since his government took office, including insecurity, the COVID-19 pandemic, economic hardship from reform policies, and disputes over minimum wage and subsidy removal.
“We tried as a government to always put it behind our mind that there is no way any government will do well if it doesn’t have a friendly and cordial relationship with the organized labour.
“When workers are paid well, productivity rises, families are happier, and the local economy grows.
“This is our way of investing in Imo people. The government believes in stimulating political and economic activities, carrying bureaucrats along, and making sure that workers’ welfare is highly respected,” he said.
Uzodinma said that the state Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) had grown from ₦400 million to over ₦3 billion monthly.
According to him, in 2020, we were receiving allocations between ₦5 billion to ₦7 billion, but has increased to ₦14 billion.
“In 2020, the state recorded a debt profile of over ₦280 billion but has reduced to less than ₦100 billion,” he added.
The governor recalled that when he assumed office in 2020, the major infrastructure in all sectors had totally collapsed.
He said a lot had been expended to rebuild the collapsed infrastructure especially roads and combating the insecurity challenges.
He stressed that the removal of fuel subsidy had equally raised the cost of living in Nigeria as much as it had its own advantages.
“It is a thing of joy that we have started seeing the dividends of that bold decision of President Bola Tinubu to remove fuel subsidy.
“What the government is confronted with now is how to ensure that the dividends of that policy trickle down to the common man on the street.
“Cognisant of the fact that our effort has started yielding dividends and that our IGR had improved and that reform policies of the President have also increased our allocations to sub-national governments, every responsible government must be transparent about it,” he said.
The governor further said that the state government will on August 27, begin payment of the last batch of gratuity of ₦16 billion owed pensioners in the state.
He said his administration had carried out major reforms in the health sector, including initiating health insurance schemes and equipping health facilities to ensure world class treatment for Imo citizens.
He said his government had keyed into the Federal Government project of establishing 1,000 businesses in every active INEC ward.
He charged labour unions to unite to foster good working relations between labour and government, Uzodinma, who solicited for value addition from workers, also cautioned them against unethical practices and redundancy at work.
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