Nigeria, May 2 -- Governor Bassey Otu of Cross Rivers State has announced N40,000 as the new minimum wage for civil servants in the state.

He made the announcement on Wednesday at U. J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar, where he joined the 2024 Workers Day Celebration, the spokesperson to the governor, Nsa Gill said in a statement.

According to the statement, Mr Otu said the new minimum wage aligns with "the realities of the time rather than sentiments".

"Owing to the peculiarity of Cross River State regarding its lean finances occasioned by low Statutory Federal Allocation and aggravated by the unfavourable State GDP to Debt servicing ratio, the new wage implementation is in line with the realities of the time rather than sentiments."

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