The leadership of the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, assured Nigerians that the revised 2020 Appropriation bill will be passed tomorrow, Wednesday. The protesting doctors frowned at the failure of the Federal Ministry of Health to include the outstanding payment of hazard allowance, salaries, training allowances, among others in the revised 2020 budget which was submitted to the National Assembly for consideration penultimate week. They also kicked against the non-payment of the newly approved National Minimum Wage pegged at N30,000 per month to doctors. While urging the doctors to reconsider their position, the Speaker urged that all the outstanding payments would be captured in the supplementary budget which would be prepared by September 2020. Tribune Online reports that the World Bank’s projection is 0.2 per cent lower than the one announced by the Federal Government in… Read full story

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 09, 2020 18:22 UTC