President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday approved the sum of N70,000 as new minimum wage for Nigerian workers.
Tinubu, who gave the approval during a meeting with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, promised to review the national minimum wage law every three years.
A statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, reads: “President Tinubu also promised to find ways to assist the private sector and the sub-nationals to pay the minimum wage.
