Breaking: NASS approves N30k as minimum wage
The upper chamber on Tuesday passed the report of the Ad-hoc Committee on the National Minimum Wage on the National Minimum Wage Act CAP N61 LFN Bill, 2019 .
The Bill, which was laid and presented by Senator Francis Alimikhena, sets the new minimum wage at N30,000.“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.
“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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