MINIMUM WAGE: BUHARI SIGNS NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE BILL

President Muhammadu Buhari in the State House today, assented to the National Minimum Wage Bill, thus laying to rest several months of controversy on minimum wage.

After the presidential assent, the bill has now become the Act of the National Assembly.

Recall that, the executive had transmitted the bill to the National Assembly on January 22 with the provision of N27,000 as the national minimum wage but the National Assembly jacked up the figure to N30,000.

This was confirmed from the presidential Villa this afternoon.

With respect to the source, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang, will formally brief reporters on the Act later today.