President Buhari signs N30,000 minimum wage bill into law

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Minimum Wage Repeal and Re-Enactment Act, 2019.

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This was made known today by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, stating that the Act makes it compulsory for all employers across the country to pay workers a minimum of N30,000.

Speaking further, It’s Enang added that the act however excludes persons employing less than 25 workers or persons in other kinds of regulated employment.

The minimum wage Act gives workers the right to sue an employer to recover the balance. It also give a worker the right to authorise the Minister of Labour to take action against an amployer that refuses to pay salaries.

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