President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed the bill into law. Those excluded are: Persons who are employing less than 25 workers; persons who work in a ship which sail out of the jurisdiction; persons who are in other kinds of regulated employment are exempted by the Act. Sen. Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the … Read more
The outgoing Senate President Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday morning, has signed the Senate’s version of the National Minimum Wage Bill, 2019 (SB 722). more pictures below;
The approval came subsequent to the submission of the report of the ad hoc committee set up to review the minimum wage. The committee was headed by Senator Francis Alimikhena. The decision was taken at the plenary session on Tuesday. A request was also made to the Nigerian government to submit a supplementary budget, which … Read more