The state’s commissioner for information, public orientation, and strategy, Declan Emelumba, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists at the state capital, Owerri, on Thursday, June 27.
According to Vanguard, the government’s comment was a reaction to the national secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) ‘s allegation that Imo was among the states not paying minimum wage.
Uzodimma’s administration noted that it has been paying the N30,000 minimum wage since 2020, and the government has added another N10,000. Therefore, the state’s workers are receiving N40,000 as minimum wage.
The statement reads in part:
Uzodimma described the allegation of the NLC as totally false, adding that he wondered what the union would gain from dishing out falsehood to the Nigerian public.
The government added that the NLC in the state had denied the allegation by its national headquarters that they were among those not yet collecting the N30,000 minimum wage.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
