President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in the State House assented
to the National Minimum Wage Bill, thus laying to rest several
months of controversy on minimum wage.
Following the presidential assent, the bill has now become the
Act of the National Assembly.
The executive had transmitted the bill to the National Assembly
on January 22 with the provision of N27,000 as the national minimum
wage but the National Assembly jacked up the figure to N30,000.
A top presidential source, who hinted Our reporter about the
president’s assent, said the president signed the bill this
afternoon.
According to the source, the Senior Special Assistant to the
President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang, would
formally brief reporters on the Act later Thursday.