Labour
Minimum wage: Council of State approves N30000 for Fed. workers
The National Council of State on Tuesday approved the transmission of the National minimum wage bill to the National Assembly
Chris Ngige, The Minister of Labour, briefed The State House correspondents at the end of the Council of State meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to him, the bill approved by the Council includes N30000 minimum wage for Fed. workers and N27,000 for states and private sector.
He however said the proposal will cover employers of labour with minimum of 25 workers.
He futher explained that the Federal Executive Council and the National Economic Council meetings have already considered the bill.
The bill, he said, will be transmitted to the National Assembly before the close of business on Wednesday.
As the National Assembly is on recess, he said that the concerned committees in the National Assembly will continue to work on the bill.
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