Buhari signs New minimum wage into law

After a long wait, President
Muhammadu Buhari has finnaly
signed the National Minimum Wage
Bill into law.
The Senate had on March 19 passed
the bill, approving N30,000 as the
new national minimum wage.
The House of Representatives had
earlier passed the bill before the
National Assembly went on recess to
enable the lawmakers to participate
in the 2019 general elections.
Workers in the Federal Capital
Territory had on Tuesday, begged
President Buhari to sign the
Minimum Wage Bill submitted to
him by the National Assembly on
March 27, into law before Workers
Day on May 1.

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