UPDATED: PRESIDENT TINUBU SIGNS N70,000 MINIMUM WAGE BILL INTO LAW
President Bola Tinubu has signed the minimum wage bill into law, ending months of deliberations between government authorities, labour unions, and the private sector.
He signed it at the State House in Abuja on Monday, days after the National Assembly had passed the N70,000 per month minimum wage bill.
A National Assembly delegation led by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio and some members of the House of Representatives were around to witness the ground-breaking event.
Following the signing, the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Basheer Lado, said the move is a promise kept.
“The signing of the minimum wage bill into law by His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is both a promise kept and a demonstration of his people-centric governance model,” he said in a statement.
“Tinubu promised to pay a living wage to Nigerian workers during his electioneering campaigns and he has kept that promise.”
Long Walk To Minimum Wage
President Tinubu’s move followed months of talks with labour unions, which insisted on a new minimum in the wake of the fuel subsidy removal and the floating of the naira, which had ballooned the cost of living.
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