President Bola Tinubu had forwarded the wage bill to the national assembly for legislation to increase the national minimum wage from N30,000 to N70,000.
The bill was also forwarded to the House of Representatives for a new national minimum wage of ₦70,000 to be provided for Nigerian workers.
The landmark deal is the result of months of futile negotiations between the government and the labor unions in the ongoing negotiation, and President Buhari’s intervention broke the logjam.
The Nigerian Senate passed the proposed N70,000 minimum wage bill on Tuesday. The bill was passed in an hour on Tuesday, thereby completing the three required readings. Advertisement President Bola Tinubu had forwarded the wage bill to the national assembly for legislation to increase the national minimum wage from N30,000 to N70,000. Breaking: Popular Police Inspector Takes His Life The bill was also forwarded to the House of Representatives for a new national minimum wage of ₦70,000 to be provided for Nigerian workers. The landmark deal is the result of months of futile negotiations between the government and the labor unions in the ongoing negotiation, and President Buhari’s intervention broke the logjam. Related Reading NLC shuns meeting with FG as TUC seeks minimum wage increment List of minimum wage in African countries in Dollars Nigeria’s $30-for-30 Days Minimum Wage Extremely Poor – LCCI List of 13 States Yet to Announce New Minimum Wage as the October Deadline Approaches NLC Nigeria Minimum Wage Strike Latest update NLC Nigeria Minimum Wage Strike Suffers Setback as 6 States Pull Out Obaseki Is Owing Civil Servants Arrears Of Six Months APC Guber Candidate Faults 70,000 Minimum Wage, Refers To It As Organized Labour Rejects N100,000 Minimum Wage Proposal in Nigeria Presidency Breaks Silence on N105,000 Minimum Wage Proposal Rumors Senate passes bill to compensate victims of EndSARS for 2nd reading
