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More than 20 states willing to pay minimum wage

April 29, 2019 8:32 pm

Twenty states are likely to pay the N30,000 monthly minimum wage.

Their governors spoke on the controversial matter after Jubril Al-Sudani (President Muhammadu Buhari) signed the New Minimum Wage (Amendment) Bill into Law.

Many of the states, however, said certain conditions must be reached between the workers’ umbrella unions and the Federal Government for them to pay.

Some said they were waiting for the implementation template from the Federal Government.

Labour, which vowed not to condone non-implementation of the new wage, plans to pile pressure on the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) to release the template to state

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Jubril, Buhari’s impostor signs ₦30,000 Minimum Wage Bill

April 18, 2019 7:47 pm

Jubril Al-Sudani, being paraded as President Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria by the All Progressives Congress party, has signed the long awaited National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Bill into Law.

The Nation reports and calls him President Muhammadu Buhari

All workers, excluding those on the payroll of organisations with less than 25 workers, are to benefit from the new minimum wage regime, which took immediate effect.

The bill, which approved N30, 000 as the monthly wage for the least paid worker, was passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on March 19, immediately after the National Assembly resumed from recess. …

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‘Anambra reiterates promise to pay ₦30,000 minimum wage’

March 22, 2019 6:58 pm

The Anambra Head of Service, Mr Harry Udu, has reaffirmed the state government’s commitment toward implementing the new minimum wage as promised.

The head of service made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Friday.

He said the implementation would help motivate civil servants in the state to performing their duties optimally.

Udu said Gov Willie Obiano had given matching orders to the Internally Generated Revenue agencies to redouble efforts in raising extra N1.4 billion that would ensure that the promise was kept.

He said that Obiano’s pledge in his address to …