President Muhammadu Buhari has
transmitted the minimum wage bill to the national assembly after its approval
by the national council of state.
Ita Enang, senior special
assistant to the president on national assembly affairs, said the bill was
transmitted to the parliament on Wednesday.
NAN reports that Enang did not
give details of the content of the bill.
The national council of state had
approved the sum of N27,000, while the federal government said it would
increase to N30,000 for its workers.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)
rejected the N27,000 new minimum wage following its adoption.
Peter Ozo-Eson, NLC general
secretary, said the council has no jurisdiction determining another amount
after a tripartite committee has submitted its report.
“It is abysmal of government to
be delaying the submission of an Executive Bill to the National Assembly and by
wrongfully adopting N27,000 through the council of states,” he said.
Ozo-Eson, however, said the NLC
has called for an emergency national executive council meeting for Friday to
weigh on the deadline given to government within which to submit an executive
bill to the national assembly.
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