Organised labour under the aegis of Trade Union Side of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council has urged President Buhari to assent to the thirty thousand naira Minimum Wage Bill. This was coming on the heels of Senate’s approval of the Bill last month.
A statement by the Union’s Chairman, Abdulrafiu Adeniji, and Secretary, Alade Lawal, stressed that the current eighteen thousand naira minimum wage had become very inadequate, as workers were finding it extremely difficult to cope with daily challenges thrown up by skyrocketing prices of goods and services.
The group noted that Buhari’s quick signing of the wage bill into law would bring smile to the faces of workers.
In a similar vein, the National Pension Commission,(PENCOM has explained that it launched the Micro-Pension Plan to pull Nigerians out of poverty and reduce financial stress among families of those in the informal sector.
