Recall that Buhari on Thursday signed the Minimum Wage Repeal and Re-enactment Bill 2019 into law and to take effect from April 18.
The senate had approved N30, 000 as the new national minimum wage in March.
Sen. Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), who disclosed this in Abuja had explained that the signing of the bill, the least paid worker in Nigeria would now earn N30, 000.
President of PSM in Nigeria, Mr Bestman Okereafor, who gave the commendation in a statement issued in Enugu on Thursday, said the signing of the bill was a progressive minded decision.
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“The attention of the leadership of the PSM has been drawn to the decision of President Buhari to sign into law the Minimum Wage Repeal and Re-Enactment Act, 2019.
“By this Act, the new minimum wage is now N30,000. PSM considers this as a progressive minded decision, considering what is obtainable in other countries in Africa and the World.
“Information at our disposal reveals that President Buhari assented to the Act on Thursday in Abuja, mandating all employers of labour across the country to pay workers a minimum of N30,000 monthly wage,’’ he said.
Okereafor appealed to governors to strictly adhere with the new monthly minimum wage by prompt payment of workers’ wages or salaries in their various states.
