He added: “Yes, the last minimum wage ought to have started in 2016, but that did not happen. Kaigama said: “The N30, 000 monthly National Minimum Wage that we are even asking for a family of six actually amounts to less than N50 per meal per person. “We recall that some lawmakers promised to give the wage Bill supersonic attention whenever it was brought before them and they have kept to their word. “We also want to use this opportunity to tell Nigerian workers that the battle for the actualisation of N30, 000 minimum wage is not yet over. “The assent of the N30, 000 minimum wage by the President is, indeed, another election promise delivered.”

Source: The Guardian April 20, 2019 04:41 UTC