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    President Tinubu Signs New Minimum Wage Bill Into Law

    By Abdullahi Maitama SaniJuly 29, 2024
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    PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has signed the minimum wage bill into law, ending months of deliberations between government authorities, labour unions, and the private sector. 

    News Point Nigeria reports that the President signed it at the State House in Abuja on Monday days after the National Assembly had passed the bill.

    A National Assembly delegation led by the President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio and some members of the House of Representatives were around to witness the ground-breaking event.

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    Following the signing, the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters Basheer Lado said the move is a promise kept.

    “The signing of the minimum wage bill into law by His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is both a promise kept and a demonstration of his people-centric governance model,” he said in a statement. “Tinubu promised to pay a living wage to Nigerian workers during his electioneering campaigns and he has kept that promise.”

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    President Tinubu’s move followed months of talks with labour unions which insisted on a new minimum in the wake of the fuel subsidy removal and the floating of the naira – both steps ballooning the cost of living.

    Labour unions had initially proposed ₦494,000 as a new minimum wage with the government offering ₦60,000. After a series of negotiations, the workers demanded ₦250,000 while the government shifted grounds to N62,000.

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    But on July 18, the Federal Government and the unions reached a consensus figure of ₦70,000.

    “We are happy to announce today (Thursday) that both the organised labour and the Federal Government have agreed on an increase on the N62,000 minimum wage. The new national minimum that Mr President is expected to submit to the National Assembly is ₦70,000,” the Minister of Information Mohammed Idris told State House correspondents after a meeting between government officials, and labour leaders.

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    The ₦70,000 will also be reviewed every three years. After the truce, President Tinubu immediately transmitted the bill to the National Assembly for passage. The lawmakers wasted no time in doing that,  passing the bill in one day.

    While labour had also insisted on a better deal for workers owing to the hike in the cost of living, Tinubu who swept to power in May last year had promised that his government would only pay what is sustainable.

    “You have to cut your coat according to the available cloth. Before we can finalise the minimum wage process, we have to look at the structure,” Tinubu insisted after meeting labour leaders.

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