Minimum Wage: Senate Approves 30,000 Naira

The Nigerian senate has approved the sum of 30,000 Naira as the new national minimum wage.

This followed the submission of the report of the ad-hoc committee on new minimum wage headed by senator Francis Alimikhena.

The upper chamber asked the federal government to submit a supplementary budget to cover the new wage structure for consideration and approval.

The new minimum wage bill had already been approved by the house of representatives.