THE National Council of State has approved the sum of N27,000 as the new national minimum wage. The bill on the recommendation is to be transmitted to the National Assembly on Wednesday. According to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who briefed State House correspondents after the council meeting at the presidential villa, Abuja, said the amount is only the benchmark. He said the federal government will pay N30,000 to its workers. Recall that the federal government had offered to pay 24,000; states, 22,500 whereas the organised labour are demanding for N30,000.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 22, 2019 13:10 UTC