Speedy passage of minimum wage, budget raise, and police bills as well as a member’s defection are top highlights of Tuesdays plenary at the House of Representatives Reps pass minimum wage bill, reduces periodic review from 5 to 3 years The House of Representatives has passed a bill to amend the national minimum wage Act, No. 8, 2019 to increase the national minimum wage and reduce the time for periodic review from five years to...
Akpabio’s apology to Natasha over his “nightclub” gaffe, minimum wage approval and a senator’s defection from LP to APC are major happenings on the floor of the Senate today. Senate passes minimum wage bill The Senate has passed the national minimum wage bill. The bill which was presented in the floor of the Senate at today’s plenary, immediately passed second and third reading. In his lead debate on the executive bill, leader of the...
The proposed increase in the minimum wage is part of the federal government’s short-term measure to mitigate the hardship situation in the country. The Senate and House of Representatives have passed the national minimum wage bill seeking to increase the lowest wage from N30,000 to N70,000 and to reduce the time for periodic review of the from five years to three years. The passage of the bill followed the first, second and third reading of...
As the nation continues to grapple with pressing concerns, OrderPaper predicts, in this week’s Legislative Intelligent Forecast Entry (LIFE), issues that will engage the National Assembly this week Nigeria has experienced pressing issues that require urgent attention in the past week. As the National Assembly reconvenes for this week’s legislative activities, it is expected that investigations into the Dangote, NNPCL and NMDPRA saga will deepen. It is also expected that the ₦70,000 new minimum wage...
If this request is considered and implemented, this would mean that domestic staff will be paid 70k minimum wage monthly. A call has been made for the inclusion of domestic servants as beneficiaries in the N70,000 newly announced national minimum wage. This call was made by Senator Osita Izunaso (APC, Imo West), on Monday during a public hearing on a bill seeking to document and protect domestic workers and employers in Nigeria. Other stakeholders present...
Adaramodu claims that it would be incorrect to presume that the Senate would take a position on a bill that hasn’t been brought before it for consideration. The Senate’s spokesman, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti South), has refuted media reports that the Senate is considering including a clause allowing for the seizure of funds from local and state councils in the New Minimum Wage Bill that the Executive is proposing. Adaramodu disclosed this in a...
While Nigerians groan over labour unionists’ shutdown of the national grid, the Senate focused on several issues that need to be resolved in the proposed new minimum wage. The nation has been in total blackout for over 24 hours amidst the ongoing labour strikes. Given the cost of alternative sources of energy, businesses and citizens have called for an end to the hardships caused by the persisting power outage. However, while it was expected that...
