FG Sends New Minimum Wage Bill to Parliament

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

An Executive Bill to legalise a new national minimum wage for workers in the country has been transmitted to the National Assembly.

The bill was sent to the parliament on Wednesday by the federal government a day after the National Council of State (NCS) approved the sum of N27,000 as the new wage.

Mr Ita Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Affairs, confirmed this, saying the President will be expecting passage of the bill for his assent.

However, Mr Enang did not give details of the transmitted National Minimum Wage Bill, but said the document was sent earlier in the day.

A tripartite committee set up by the federal government had recommended N30,000 as the new national minimum, which the labour union agreed to.