The Presidency said on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari had yet to sign the National Minimum Wage Bill just passed by the National Assembly into law, contrary to reports last week that he had
done so.By its action, the Senate concurred the earlier decision of the House of Representatives, which passed the bill before the National Assembly shut down its operations to enable lawmakers to participate in the 2019 general elections, beginning from February 16.But speaking in an exclusive interview within Abuja on Wednesday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters , Senator Ita Enang, dismissed the reports.
However, he confirmed that the bill, which captured N30,000 as the new national minimum wage, had been transmitted to Buhari by the National Assembly.“Right now, the bill is undergoing standard presidential, operational procedures in respect of bills.“Therefore, the report that Mr President has already signed the bill is not correct.”
The committee had the primary task of advising the government “on how best to fund, in a sustained manner, the additional costs of implementing the imminent increase in the national minimum wage.”
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