Buhari Signs N30,000 Minimum Wage Bill Into Law President Muhammadu Buhari assents to the minimum wage President Muhammadu Buhari assents to the Minimum Wage Repeal and Re-Enactment Act, 2019 at the Aso Villa in Abuja on April 18, 2019. President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law, the Minimum Wage Repeal and Re-Enactment Act, 2019. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Thursday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. According to him, the President expects that Nigerian workers and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will show more commitment to work. Senator Enang said President Buhari also asked them to understand the current economic situation facing the nation, as the Federal Government tries to boost road, power and rail infrastructure. President Muhammadu Buhari assents to the Minimum Wage Repeal and Re-Enactment Act, 2019 at the Aso Villa in Abuja on Apri...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday received the report of the Technical Advisory Committee on the implementation of the new National Minimum Wage, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari had on January 9 inaugurated the advisory committee chaired by an economist and financial expert, Mr Bismarck Rewane, where he reiterated his commitment to an upward review of the minimum wage, NAN reports. The President had on Dec. 19, 2018, while presenting the 2019 Appropriation Bill at the joint session of the National Assembly, announced his intention to constitute the committee. He said the committee would recommend “modalities for the implementation of the new minimum wage in such a manner as to minimise its inflationary impact as well as ensure that its introduction does not lead to job losses”. NAN reports that the two chambers of the National Assembly have already deliberated and approved the bill on N30,000 as the new national minimum wage.

Minimum Wage: N30,000 Can Barely Feed A Small Family, Says Dogara The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said that the N30,000 minimum wage was proposed by the tripartite committee of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) can barely feed a small family unit. Read Full Statement Below: The 30, 000 naira minimum wage being canvassed can barely feed a small family unit, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara has disclosed, adding that it is only when workers are dignified with wages that can provide them minimum comfort that their productivity level will increase. Speaking at the National Assembly during a public hearing on the New Minimum Wage organised by the House Ad-Hoc Committee on New Minimum Wage, 2019, the speaker noted that the two focal points that must be given priority by government are poverty and corruption because while the former, caused mainly by underemployment and unemployment, is a threat to democracy, the latter fun...

Struggle Continues, TUC Rejects N27,000 Minimum Wage Channels Television The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has insisted that the struggle for N30,000 minimum wage for workers is not over. National President of TUC, Mr Bobboi Kaigama, disclosed this to Channels Television, hours after the National Council of State approved N27,000 as minimum wage. He said the organised labour would resist the decision, adding that they would not entertain a renegotiation of the recommendations by the tripartite committee. READ ALSO:  National council approves N27,000 as new minimum wage Mr Kaigama added that the workers would continue their struggle for the N30,000 minimum wage at the National Assembly. The organised labour union began the struggle for an upward review of minimum wage for workers across the country last year. While the labour demanded N30,000, the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) agreed to review the amount but offered to pay N22,500 after a meeting in October 2018. ...

I’ll Pay Anything Approved by Federal Government:  Gov. Al-Makura The Governor of Narasawa State, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura has stated his administration’s resolve to implement any amount approved by the Federal Government as new minimum wage for workers. The Governor stated this on Thursday while swearing-in eleven newly appointed commissioners. He also swore in the Director General of Nasarawa Geographic Information Service, NAGIS. Al-Makura said, “This was predicated upon the conviction that if our mandate, encapsulated in our policies and programmes, is to serve the people, then the public servant who is the nerve centre of policy implementation must be given his dues. “In this regard, as we are awaiting the final decision on the review of the National Minimum Wage, I assure our workers that we will be among the first States to implement any decision reached by the Federal Government.” Speaking further, Al-Makura disclosed that he had directed the implementation o...