
Gov. Ayade Inaugurates Minimum Wage Negotiation Team
Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade, on Friday, inaugurated the state public service negotiating team for the implementation of the new minimum wage.
The inauguration, which took place at the Conference Room of the deputy governor, Governorβs Office, Calabar, was performed by the deputy governor, Professor Ivara Esu, who represented the governor.
Ayade expressed the willingness of his administration to pay the new minimum wage of N30, 000.
He said, βWe are only here to negotiate the consequential adjustments that will affect salaries from Grade levels 7 to 17. In doing that, we carefully selected this team of