After the first reading of the National Minimum Wage amendment bill yesterday, the House of Representatives pledged a rapid delivery of the new law that will enforce the N10,500 pay rise announced by the government last year.

With two more readings, that will include committee considerations and plenary approvals, the proposal sent in by President Goodluck Jonathan after tense negotiation with the Labour, will soon be law, allowing civil servants to be paid N18,000 minimum.

The Deputy Speaker, Usman Nafada, said the processes, normally stretching through 24 weeks at the least, will be finalised “soon enough” to allow for presidential assent before current legislative session ends in May. “We have done it before and we will do it again,” Mr. Nafada revealed this at a meeting he had with the leaders of Labour Congress and other affiliate groups , shortly after the bill’s first reading on Tuesday. “It will be passed before the end of their tenure, not on the day of their leaving, but about one or two months away to allow the president enough time sign it,” he said. The Labour officials said they came to appreciate the legislators for giving attention to the bill and to lobby for more commitment.

The new wage benchmark has formed a significant rallying point for Mr. Jonathan’s administration as the president presses for wide political support from public and private sector workers alike, ahead of April general elections. A prolonged negotiation that forced the amount down from the N52,000, NLC insisted on before.

Addressing the lawmakers yesterday, NLC, led by its president, Omar Abdulwaheed, said workers are a “patient” bulk, and are thankful to the lawmakers for their expeditious attention to the bill. “We want to thank the House very much for the commitment it has shown so far to get this bill passed,” he said. He however tasked the members to accelerate the passage of the bill, well awaited by workers.

http://ngjobsncareers.com/2011/02/national-assembly-to-pass-new-minimum-wage-bill.html

if it were to be to make calls to lift crude oil in the sea, will it waste time? thieves

N18,000 is still a paltry sum for the Nigerian worker.

OP change the title of this topic.The new minimum wage is N18,000 not N10,500.

Passage by NA- 6months ; implementation another six(6). No increment for the Naija workers this year.

Traders will increase the prices of goods and the increase will be meaningless,

This highly preposterous. These lawmakers are wicked and mean. Why can't they slash their fat allowances and add that to the 10500 to make life more comfortable for the common man? 18k is so small not to mention 10,500.

owumatosa:

Who is this, ? This is not where should post this notice. People are expressing themselves on the long awaited promise made to them by our inconsiderable government, here you are posting rent notice.

he is looking for his daily bread

They are trying to deceive/brain wash the masses into forgetting their hefty allowee and salary. But it will not happen!

After the first reading of the National Minimum Wage amendment bill yesterday, the House of Representatives pledged a rapid delivery of the new law that will enforce the N10,500 pay rise announced by the government last year.
@Op
the bold is in addition to the existing N7,500 which gives a total of N18k.

ReachRich:

OP change the title of this topic.The new minimum wage is N18,000 not N10,500.

Grammar definitely is not the Op's language.

these guys are clowns! now that it concerns the common man it has to wait this long but if it were to be their own increment it would have been passed long ago before anyone heard anything about it.

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Insult on Nigeria public workers. National Assembly members earns millions yearly but they are happy to approve N10,500

if our president can forcefully forgive ribadu and brought him back forcing the law courts and the nigerian police to stay away from all ribadu related cases, can't he say a thing about the welfare of the workers and it will begin to happen.
our pdp and president has nothing to offer.

A time will come in this country, when the properties of these NASS members, up to their shoe laces will be sold to recover every kobo they have stolen through illegal allowances.
Imagine 6 months 4 fed. civil workers N18,000.
If it is theirs, they will approve it in 1 SITTING by calling it a "MATTER OF URGENT NATIONAL IMPORTANCE".
Hissssssssssssss!

nothin wrong with the grammar. The amount being added is 10,500 thus that is the pay rise which when added to the current existing 7,500 wage becomes 18,000.

you guys don't know what a minimum wage is.

a minimum wage is the government saying that paying anyone BELOW this rate is criminal, so of course it's going to be low, its the BARE MINIMUM you're allowed to pay someone

does that mean government workers make minimum wage? no
does that mean the average nigerian is supposed to live off minimum wage? no
does the government control what private parties pay their employees? no.

Also, the FEDERAL minimum wage is a benchmark for STATE minimum wages, a simple way of making sure the STATES don't set their rate below that set number.

Ikengawo:

you guys don't know what a minimum wage is.

a minimum wage is the government saying that paying anyone BELOW this rate is criminal, so of course it's going to be low, its the BARE MINIMUM you're allowed to pay someone

does that mean government workers make minimum wage? no
does that mean the average nigerian is supposed to live off minimum wage? no
does the government control what private parties pay their employees? no.

Also, the FEDERAL minimum wage is a benchmark for STATE minimum wages, a simple way of making sure the STATES don't set their rate below that set number.

you're right brother

even at 18,500 it is still poverty wage. we have all it takes to pay 10 times that amount. consider a country like the uk that pay their citizens unemplyment benefits. the last time i converted it to naira it was nearly 80k per month! can you imagine somebody not working and yet collecting 80k in a month while workers in this country get paid peanuts for sweating day and night on a job? what do our so-called leaders say about this?

It's 18k nt 10.5k oo,, typographical error,
Such a cheap money.

I wonder what 18k will do for an average Nigerian, even the so called house rep spen more than that amount on daily bases on drinks and women. yet they felt they have done much shame on u all,in houe of rep. when we you fight for the people welfare God will surely pay every man for his work. Nigerian youth arise and fight before this old men and women without vision for this country will teear it apart God forbidd. ooo

affalatus: wat are we sayin? wat u'r sayin, pls learn to post 2 approprate plce! am tired of ds country wat is the big deal in increasin salary to min. of 18k wen dia is no incentive or amenities 4 worker, i wonder hw change wl come 2 ds coutry self

we must arise and flush these clown out of office like they did in tunisia and egypt!

buhahaha