The Senate has approved the thirty thousand Naira (N30,000) national minimum wage. The lawmakers also approved Seventy-five thousand naira(N75,000) as penalty for non-compliance.
This agreement was reached by the Senate Committee on New Minimum Wage, according to Senator Shehu Sani(Kaduna Central).
In a tweet on Thursday, the lawmaker said, “The Senate Committee on
New National Minimum wage met yesterday and approved the new national
minimum wage bill; 30k as minimum wage and 75k as penalty for
non-compliance.”
The Senate on Tuesday appointed Senate Deputy Majority Whip, Sen.
Francis Alimikhena, as acting chairman of the ad-hoc Committee on
Minimum Wage.
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, who made the
announcement at plenary on Tuesday, said Alimikhena would work in an
acting capacity while the Chairman, Sen. Olusola Adeyeye, was away on
health grounds.
Saraki charged the committee to expedite action on the matter to
enable the Senate catch up with the House of Representatives which had
already passed the bill.
