The All Progressives Congress
(APC) says the signing into law of N30, 000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers
by President Muhammadu Buhari is another election promise delivered.
APC National Publicity Secretary,
Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, made the assertion in a statement on Friday in Abuja,
while commending Buhari for signing the new minimum wage bill into law.
“Truly, our workers deserve a
new, improved and implementable minimum wage in view of current economic
realities.
“Commendably, the welfare of
workers has remained a top priority of the Buhari-led APC administration,” he
said.
The APC spokesman said that this
has been demonstrated by the Federal Government’s bailouts to states to pay
workers salary and housing schemes for civil servants among other welfare
packages in 2018.
Issa-Onilu congratulated
stakeholders that ensured the achievement of this laudable feat, particularly
the National Assembly, state governors, the Amma Pepple-led tripartite
committee, labour and trade unions and indeed Nigerian workers.
“The signing of new minimum wage
is another solid demonstration of a President who matches his words with
actions,” he said.
The APC spokesman recalled that
Buhari had severally assured of a new and improved national minimum wage for
workers.
“The assent of the N30,0 00
minimum wage by the president is indeed another election promise delivered,”
Issa-Onilu said.
Buhari signed into law the
Minimum Wage Repeal and Re-Enactment Act 2019 on Thursday.
By this act, the new minimum wage
for Nigerian workers is now N30, 000 monthly.
All employers of labour across
the country with at least 25 workers are mandated by the law to pay their
workers a minimum of N30,000 monthly wage.
The National Assembly had
submitted the minimum wage Bill to the President since March 27.
The Bill approving N30, 000 as
the new national minimum wage was passed by both chambers of the National
Assembly before they went on break for the 2019 general election.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)
and other trade unions had in 2018 insisted on an upward review of the monthly
wage of Nigerian workers which was N18, 000 before now.
The NLC had used various means,
including dialogue and calling for strike to get the federal government and
other stakeholders to see reason why the wage of the Nigerian worker needed to
be reviewed upward.
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