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March 25, 2019
Presidentof Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, Bobboi Kaigama, has called for quickharmonisation of the N30,000 national minimum wage bill to enable PresidentMuhammadu Buhari assent to it.
Kaigamaspoke in Lagos on the implementation of the new minimum wage.
Theleadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress had urged the President to sign andimplement the new wage before the end of the 8th National Assembly.
TheTUC president said that the House of Representatives and the Senate needed toharmonise the agreed sum and pass it to the President for his assent.
Thelabour chief said that implementation would be seamless since the FederalGovernment had said that it included its provision in the budget, but mighttake a while in some states that had not included it in their budget.
Heurged the private sector not to delay its implementation as soon as the bill isenacted into law.