Another promise fulfilled, as Nigeria’s President Buhari approves N30,000 for workers as new Minimum Wage

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed N30,000 as the new national minimum wage.

Buhari, who received the report of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National Minimum Wage at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, confirmed N30,000 as new minimum wage.

Buhari has also promised to send a bill to the National Assembly to effect the change from N18,000 to N30,000.

It will recalled that the President had promised his commitment to giving a new national minimum wage to workers in the country, the latest, following the conclusion of a long negotiation Monday night, came to fruition on Tuesday as the President sanctioned the N30,000 recommended by the Ama Pepple-led tripartite committee.