Akwa Ibom Govt Slashes Salaries Of Political Appointees By 20%
Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel has directed a 20% reduction in the salaries of all political office holders in the stateAccording to a statement signed on Tuesday by the Secretary to the State government, Emmanuel Ekuwem, the decision is due to the prevailing economic realities of dwindling revenues, caused by the crash in the price of crude oil in the global market.
Ekuwem added that, “it was by the same ancient principle of ‘necessity is the mother of invention,’ that led to the establishment of the Akwa Ibom State Post COVID-19 Economic Reconstruction Committee by the Governor, to recommend navigable routes out of this global economic morass for our State.” He urged the affected political appointees to note that the salary reduction is temporary, promising that Akwa Ibom State Government will transparently resume full payment of salaries “when this dark cloud passes.”
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