Shehu Sani reacts as Buhari signs New Minimum Wage
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- Apr 18, 2019
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Shehu Sani, the Senator representing Kaduna Central has reacted as President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Minimum Wage Repeal and Reenactment Bill, 2019 into law.
DAILY POST had reported that Senator Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate) disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Senate had on March 19, approved N30, 000 as the new national minimum wage, with an appeal to the Federal Government to expedite action on assent and implementation.
This makes it compulsory for all employers of labour in Nigeria to pay their workers the sum of N30,000 and this excludes persons who are employing less than 25 workers; persons who work in a ship which sail out of jurisdiction; persons who are in other kinds of regulated employments are excepted by the Act.
Reacting, Sani on his Twitter page said Nigerians have won the fight for Minimum Wage.
He wrote: “On the first half of the match, the people scored a goal with the new minimum wage; on the second half, we must strengthen our defence to avert an equalizer through new pump price and a decider through VAT.”
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