The House of Representatives on Tuesday endorsed a new date for the review of the national minimum wage.
According to the bill, which scaled through second reading on the floor of the House, the new date set for the review of the National minimum wage is every six years as against every five years in the previous bill.
Femi Gbajabiamila (APC-Lagos), sponsored the bill for an Act to amend the National Minimum Wage Act, Cap. N61, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, to make provisions for periodic review of the national wage every six years and for other related matters.
The new legislation, came on the heel of agitation prompted by the organised labour for the upward review of the N18,000 national minimum wage to N56,000.
KEHINDE AKINTOLA, Abuja
