The House of Representatives has approved the sum of thirty thousand naira as the new national minimum wage.
The approval followed the adoption of the report by the ad hoc committee set up on the New Minimum Wage Bill presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday.
Passing the bill for the third reading yesterday, the lawmakers unanimously approved the thirty thousand naira recommendation by the committee in consonance with the resolution by the tripartite committee set up by the President.
President Buhari had in the executive bill sought the approval of twenty- seven thousand naira as against the thirty thousand naira agreed by the stakeholders.
The Legislators said they passed the new National minimum wage Bill 2019 in keeping with their commitment to improve the welfare of the Nigerian workers.
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