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The Cross River State Government has finalised an agreement with organized labor to implement a N70,000 national minimum wage, including consequential adjustments across all levels, effective December 1, 2024.
Discussions between labor and the government continued late into Sunday night.
While full details of the meeting remain unclear, the Chief Press Secretary, Gill Nsa, confirmed the resolution.
In a chat with The Nation, Clarkson Otu, a state representative on the minimum wage committee and Special Adviser to the Governor on Labour and Productivity, expressed optimism that the planned national strike would not take place in Cross River.
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Otu said: “We’re done this evening. we’re in the governor’s office to sign the MOU. You would get a fuller brief when we’re done signing the MOU. It is after we’ve signed that the Labour will make their statement on the strike. It is not within my purview to say whether they’ll strike or not.
“We’ve agreed there would be no need for the strike, but when we’re done, labour would give their statement in that regard. Just give us more time to round up”, the SA said.
Several attempts to speak with labour leaders at the time of this report failed as they were yet to conclude the meeting and make a holistic statement on the memorandum of understanding ( MOU) signed.