Organised labour under the aegis of Trade Union Side (TUS) of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the N30,000 National Minimum Wage Bill.This was coming on the heels of Senate’s approval of the bill last month.

In a statement, the union’s chairman, Abdrafiu Adeniji, and secretary, Alade Lawal, stressed that the current N18,000 minimum wage had become very inadequate, as workers were finding it extremely difficult to cope with daily challenges thrown up by skyrocketing prices of goods and services.

The group noted that Buhari’s quick signing of the wage bill into law would bring smile to the faces of workers.In another vein, the National Pension Commission (Pencom) has explained that it launched the Micro Pension Plan to pull Nigerians out of poverty and reduce financial stress among families of those in the informal sector.

Head, Corporate Communications of Pencom, Peter Aghahowa, told reporters at the ongoing 30th Enugu international Trade Fair that the scheme launched last month was already eliciting interest and would register over 30 million Nigerians by 2024.Aghahowa, who spoke through the Assistant General Manager, Corporate Commissions Department, Mrs. Carol Alex-Uzomah, explained: “We realised that while those in the formal sector have something to fall back on, those in the informal sector, including the petty traders, taxi drivers, artisans, the self-employed, accountants, lawyers and what have you, have nothing to fall back on when they retire or no longer capable of managing on their own.

“To bridge the gap, we decided to launch this scheme to make them contribute in their active days, so that when they retire, they can draw from it. It is very convenient because it allows one to determine how much he or she could contribute.”Meanwhile, former employees of Kwara State-owned moribund sugar company, Tate Industries, have appealed to the incoming government in the state to pay their two years salaries and other benefits overlooked by the outgoing government.

The ex-workers, who staged a peaceful protest on the site of the defunct company yesterday in Ilorin, lamented that successive governments in the state, since the company went under in 1998, had turned deaf ears to the payment of their outstanding salaries.

https://guardian.ng/news/sign-minimum-wage-bill-now-labour-tells-buhari/amp

This is Long Overdue.
Haba, Enough is Enough from this Devilish Government who derive Joy in suffering the Masses.
If you're with me, Gather Here...
Baba, Sign the New Minimum Wage into Law abeg.

Long overdue

buhari's quick signing of that bill was surely political. they'll do as much to delay inplementation...

The President needs to give update on why the bill is yet to be signed into law and probably give a time frame for when it will be signed and implemented.

Calm down every body, he might be slow to signing it, but I assure you he has not looted the new minimum wage.

Evil government wont

Nice

Lol....he would av signed the bill if it had bn for the well-being of cows n terrorist herdsmen...

With election over buhari can't sign it easily.

I even thought this minimum wage saga have been taken care of
But baba go slow Said he will be slow

Them never sign the bill but things don dey cost for market

Buhari is dead indeed. I don't see the reason why a human being will be heartless the way this dullard is.

How much is the minimum wage? While they're busy packing the entire country into their personal savings.

NB: Abacha did not eat his looted fund forever.
All is vanity.

Wises up the confusionist

His � ears are not functioning so he won't hear from you

Story, am now beginning to believe Amechi when he said that Buhari does not listen to anybody. Our president does not care if the workers are hungry or not. Don't be surprise he tell another story by end May .

Ole Bulhariiii

me o..i don't think this minimum wage of a thing will even help in anyway...they should be thinkng of how to regulate the price of commodity , reduce the standard of living, adding more value to naira, provide basic necessity for nigerians etc and not focus on minimum wage alone as if the minimun wage will afect everybody, is it all nigerian that work with d govt or registered company?

Baba is saving money for the country. His target na foreign reserve and not the well being of the people

nawa for this government

Na wah oo

Even if he signs it, are they going to implement ?

He will not hear that one ooooo. As long as you didn't mention corruption, it makes no sense.

abi dem say him don sign am already

Labours are mad were do you want FG to get the money from they said thery will increase Vat you said no they said they will increase fuel pump price You said no this greedy labor leader will be jailed last last politics apart our economy is too fragile at this moment inflations for inflations the poor masses will carry the burden of your stupidity we have more pressing issues at hand diversification of the economy and stabilizing the naira and forex market we need to become manufacturing nation exporting nation when things balanced then Nigeria can receive 100k as minimum wages no fears of economy hardship. Are many Nigerians are working for government you want to create hardship for the voiceless Nigerians at large these lazy greedy labors should go sit down.

Why taking this nama so long to sign this bill into law .I swear this bubu is a stupid presido

Even it they pay the 30k they still know how to take it back through increase VAT and hike in petroleum products . yeye gov.

If it was Herdsmen Bill he would have signed since
May be to buy more guns for them to use and potect their Nnama

The minimum wage thing was just for Champaign if u know, u know

denkyw:
Calm down every body, he might be slow to signing it, but I assure you he has not looted the new minimum wage.

is the cattle going to pay arears?