National Minimum Wage: Senate Speedily Passes Bill Stipulating ₦70,000
The Senate has passed the National Minimum Wage Act 2019 (Amendment Bill).
The bill, which scaled second and third readings, just minutes after it was transmitted by President Bola Tinubu, was instantly passed by the upper chamber.
Earlier on Tuesday, President BOLA TINUBU wrote separately to the Senate and the House of Representatives requesting accelerated consideration of a bill for an Act to amend the National Minimum Wage Act, 2019 to increase the National Minimum Wage from ₦30,000 to ₦70,000.
In a unanimous vote after a clause consideration in the Committee of the Whole, the National Minimum Wage Bill scaled third reading and was passed.