NEW MINIMUM WAGE : National Assembly Proposes Bill To Mandate States To Pay Same Figure

The National Assembly says it would ensure that the new minimum wage bill for the Nigerian workers to be passed into law mandates the 36 states to pay the agreed amount to its workforce.

The Chairman , Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, while responding to questions from journalists on Friday in Abuja , said the proposed legislation would be enacted towards ensuring that states would failed to pay the new figured are sanctioned.

He noted that the bill would receive speedy passage if the federal government and the organized labour agreed on amount to be paid as new minimum wage.

“We are going to do a watertight Bill that the President will sign it to ensure that it is strictly adhered to as a law.
“Definitely, there is going to be an agreement. So once there is an agreement, the bill will come and I don’t think any of the components of the negotiating bodies will oppose the agreed figure at the end of the day. So we don’t have any fear about that.

“You know when you are negotiating, you negotiate from various reasons, parameters and parallels. So at the end of the day, all the lines will converge and meet at a concentric point.”

“If immediately after Sallah, the Bill is brought by Mr. President to the National Assembly, it’s going to be dealt with, with speed of lightning. Yes, we are going to pass it because it is for the benefit of Nigerian workers,” Adaramodu said.