Abuja, July 19, 2024 – The Presidency will send the New Minimum Wage Bill to the National Assembly on Tuesday for ratification.
This followed the agreement between President Tinubu and the labour leaders on N70,000 minimum wage on Thursday.
Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, disclosed this immediately the agreement was reached at the meeting of the president with the labour leaders.
“The minimum wage will reach the National Assembly by Tuesday. He (President Tinubu) told labour in the meeting that it will be ready by Tuesday,” he said
While announcing the N7,000 minimum wage, the President said, “I have heard all your presentations. You came here with the intention to get something on behalf of your members. If you review my track record,
“I have never been found wanting to ameliorate the problems of workers. I belong to the people and all of you in leadership.
“We are driving this economy together. Let us look at the tenure of review. Let us agree on that, and affirm three years. Two years is too short. We affirm three years. We will review it.
“I am going to move from the tripartite committee. I am going to edge a little bit forward, loo looking at the review that we have done. Yes, no one in the federal establishment should earn less than N70,000. So, we are going to benchmark at N70,000.” (GBN)
