Minimum wage bill scales second reading in the House of Reps

The House of Representatives has set in motion machinery for the approval of at least N27,000 as the new minimum wage Thursday.

Majority of the members are however advocating for N30,000.

The House would receive representations from the 36 State Governors as well as  Ministers of Finance and Labour and Productivity on Monday on the need to approve the most appropriate minimum wage threshold for the Nigerian workers.

Having committed the bill to an ad hoc Committee chaired by Deputy Speaker Yussuff Lasun, a public hearing on the bill was slated for Monday where representatives of trade unions and other stakeholders would make their input before the bill is passed.

After contributions from members, in his ruling, the Speaker, after constituting the ad hoc Committee expressed hope that the bill would be passed on Tuesday before the House would adjourn for the general election.