Akwa Ibom State governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has announced an upward salary review of 70 to 80 per cent for the State health workers under the aegis of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU).
Besides, he assured of his administration’s sincerity to the welfare of health workers even in the face of daunting challenges affecting the global economy.
The governor, in a statewide electronic media interview last weekend, said the review is occasioned by the hazards the health workers are exposed to in the course of their duties, particularly at this time of COVID-19 pandemic.
He, therefore, urged workers across the state to always show understanding and be considerate in their demands, considering the global pandemic and insisted that the task of building the state was a collective responsibility for all indigenes.