Hope Uzodimma
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo has approves a new minimum wage of N104,000 for civil servants in the state. The previous wage was N76,000.
Uzodimma made this known during a meeting with various labour union leaders on Tuesday night at the Government House in Owerri.
Also increased was the minimum wage of doctors from N215,000 to N503,000, while those of teachers in tertiary institutions was increased from N119,000 to N222,000, 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.
Uzodimma said: “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 organised labour.
Uzodimma said: “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 organised labour.
“This is our way of investing in Imo people. Government believes in stimulating political and economic activities, carrying bureaucrats along, and making sure that workers’ welfare was highly respected,” he said.
Uzodimma said that the state Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) had grown from N400 million to over N3 billion monthly.
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