PUNCH had exclusively reported last week Sunday that the resolution of the dispute over the national minimum wage was far from being over, following the decision by the House to pass N30,000 as the new wage. However, the N30,000 tallied with the recommendation by the tripartite committee set up by the President on the minimum wage, which submitted its report in November, 2018. But following a meeting of the National Council of State last month, the President eventually presented a minimum wage bill of N27,000 to the National Assembly. He said, “I don’t think that state governors cannot pay N30, 000 as minimum wage. “The only way the government could pay N30, 000 as minimum wage is to further devalue the naira.

Source: Punch February 12, 2019 00:55 UTC