JUST IN: Buhari endorses N30,000 minimum wage

The tripartite committee on the review of the National Minimum
Wage has submitted its report to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Mr Buhari received the report Tuesday inside the council chamber
of the presidential villa, Abuja.

The panel, chaired by former Head of Service, Ama Pepple,
recommended N30,000 as the country’s new national minimum wage.

Submitting the report, Ms Pepple said, “while noting the offer
of N24,000 by government, the panel recommends N30,000 as the new
National Minimum Wage of the country.”

She said the committee has also provided a draft law of the new
Minimum Wage for the consideration of the government.

Mr Buhari, while responding, said he remained committed to
having a new national minimum wage within the shortest time.

He said all necessary effort would be put in place to transmit
an executive bill to the National Assembly on the new wage
limit.

He urged workers not to allow themselves to be used as
“political weapons”.

Kano Approves N1bn for Road Maintenances

Kano state Executive Council has approved emergency maintenance
of 31 dilapidated roads in the state capital to be carried out in
eight clusters at the cost of N1, 036, 398, 164.33 billion.

Addressing a press conference on the outcome of the weekly
council meeting in his office, the state commissioner for
information, youth and culture, Malam Muhammad Garba said the state
ministry of finance has already been directed to release 30 per
cent of the total sum to the eight contractors for immediate
mobilization to the project sites.

He said the utter state of disrepair of the roads is impacting
negatively on Kanos position as emerging mega city with reputation
of being a commercial nerve centre of significant importance.

Some of the roads to be rehabilitated include Nassarawa
Hospital, Sheik Jaafar, Eastern bypass-Unguwa Uku, Bompai,
Abbatoir, Civic Centre, Obasanjo Road, Bello Road, ‘Yantsaki
Road-Tudun Murtala, Sharada, Rijiyar Zaki, Rafin Dan Nana, Ashton
Road, Manladan Kulkul Road, Emirs Palace, Kofar Fampo, ‘Yan
Katako-Zaria Road among others.

Other approvals by the council include supply and installation
of 100 electricity distribution transformers of different capacity
in various communities in the state at the cost of N574, 363,
062.00 million.

Malam Garba explained that the sum of N31, 853, 503.5 million
has also been approved for feeding in three boarding primary
schools, namely; Shehu Minjibir Boarding Primary School, Musa Saleh
Kwankwaso Model Science Primary School and Mariri Boarding
Orphanage.

The commissioner also announced that the state government will
soon construct fences in all schools without them, and the decision
to ban the construction of corner shops on the fences of primary
and secondary schools, hospitals and courts.

MALAM MUHAMMAD GARBA
Hon. Commissioner
Ministry of Information, Youth and Culture