President
Muhammadu Buhari
on Tuesday endorsed N30,000 as the new national minimum wage. He gave
his approval while receiving the report of the Tripartite Committee on
the Review of National Minimum Wage at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
With the approval, a bill is expected to be sent to the National
Assembly to effect the change from N18,000 to N30,000
Recall that the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Trade Union Congress,
TUC, United Labour Congress, ULC, and other labour unions met with the
Federal Government yesterday over the minimum wage issue. President of
NLC, Ayuba Wabba had earlier suspended the planned nationwide strike. He
said this while receiving the report of the Tripartite Committee on the
Review of National Minimum Wage at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The
report was submitted by the committee’s chairman, Amal Pepple. Buhari
has also promised to send a bill to the National Assembly to effect the
change from N18,000 to N30,000.
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