SENATE APPROVES N30K MINIMUM WAGE
The Nigerian Senate has just passed the
Report of the Ad-hoc Committee on the National Minimum Wage on the National
Minimum Wage Act CAP N61 LFN (repeal and re-enactment) Bill, 2019 (SB. 722).
The Bill, which was laid and presented by
Senator Francis Alimikhena, sets the new minimum wage at N30,000.
Speaking on the passage of the Bill,
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki said:
“Let me join our colleagues to commend the
efforts of the committee. More importantly, let me commend the patience of
Nigerian workers and the leadership of the Labour Union, who have over the
years been calling for this minimum wage and have carried their efforts
responsibly.
“I want to commend the leaders of the
organisations of the union. Let me also state that as government, we should
ensure that at times like these, we should not wait for there to be strikes to
do what is truly deserving for our workers.
“I hope that with this minimum wage our
workers will double their efforts to increase their productivity, so that we
can also improve the general productivity of the country. It is my hope that
the implementation of this will start immediately,” the Senate President said.
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