Minimum Wage
The new analysis shows that Nigerians minimum wage can hardly get a full basic nutritional needs for an average worker in the country and the purchasing power of the wage is poor when compared with other countries.
With the recently signed N30,000 minimum wage bill into law by President Buhari followed by the gradual implementation of same by some state governors, Nigeria still does not rank well among countries with better minimum wage.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo, has asked the state’s governor-elect, Seyi Makinde, to humbly start learning the art of governance so he can fulfill his electoral promises to the people.
The Edo chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Edo government to immediately commence the payment of the N30,000 new minimum wage which was recently approved by the federal government
Senator Shehu Sani on Wednesday, May 1, advised workers on how to deal with employers who refuse to the N30,000 minimum wage. The Senator said no fly sanctions should be imposed on them.
The main headlines of mainstream Nigerian newspapers of Tuesday, April 30, are focused on the new national minimum wage, the race for the Senate presidency in the incoming ninth NASS among others.
The federal government has said there is no hurdle delaying state governments, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) from implementing the new minimum wage of N30,000 since the president has assented to the bill.
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has distanced itself from a document in circulation on social media which purportedly shows a new upgraded Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) salary structure with effect from May 2019.
The governors of Ekiti (Kayode Fayemi), Ondo (Rotimi Akeredolu), Kwara (Abdulfatah Ahmed) and Benue (Samuel Ortom) have assured workers in their states of their readiness to pay the N30,000 new minimum wage.
Minimum Wage
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