The Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the new minimum wage bill, saying that workers were anxious for a better wage package.
NLC said after the National Assembly approved the new minimum wage of N30,000 and passed it to the president for his consent, nothing had yet to be heard about it.
NLC’s Head of Information and Public Affairs, Benson Upah, who spoke to our correspondent on the issue, said that workers would be grateful if Buhari appended his consent this month so that workers could begin to enjoy the new salary in May.
He said, “The president constituted a committee that worked on the figure that was submitted to him and he sent it to the National Assembly as an executive bill. Similarly, the National Assembly members legislated on it and sent back to the president for consent.
“We have no reason to doubt that the president will not sign it into law; his body language does not suggest that he will not sign it. We are hoping and waiting for him to do so. If you ask me when he should sign it, I will tell you that NLC wants him to do so immediately. We want him to sign it right away so that by May 2019, workers can earn the new salary. They have been waiting anxiously.”
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