Nigerian Senate is now fully backing the review of the minimum wage from N18,000 to N30,000.
This current stance is coming after the presentation of the bill by the Ad-hoc Committee on the National Minimum Wage headed by Edo lawmaker, Senator Francis Alimikhena.
The bill, National Minimum Wage Act CAP N61 LFN (repeal and re-enactment) Bill, 2019 (SB. 722), had passed first and second reading at the red chamber on Thursday, January 24, 2019.
Speaking after, Senate President, Bukola Saraki praised the Nigerian workers and labor unions for their patience.
He was also hopeful that the increase in the minimum wage would increase productivity all over the country.
His words, “Let me join our colleagues to commend the efforts of the committee. More importantly, let me commend the patience of Nigerian workers and the leadership of the Labour Union, who have over the years been calling for this minimum wage and have carried their efforts responsibly.
“I want to commend the leaders of the organisations of the union. Let me also state that as government, we should ensure that at times like these, we should not wait for there to be strikes to do what is truly deserving for our workers.
“I hope that with this minimum wage our workers will double their efforts to increase their productivity, so that we can also improve the general productivity of the country. It is my hope that the implementation of this will start immediately.”
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