Nigeria, July 11 -- Staff members of the Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU), Ikot Akpaden, on Friday, protested in the streets of Uyo, demanding the payment of two months' salaries owed them by the Akwa Ibom State Government.

In a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Friday, the Chairperson of the Academic Staff Union in the institution, Frank Namso, and the Chairperson of the Non-Academic Staff Union, Mefiok Umanah, said they are also demanding the implementation of the N80,000 minimum wage for their members.

Governor Umo Eno last October announced N80,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the state, an amount that is N10,000 higher than the N70,000 approved by the federal government.

The implementation of the new wage began ...