House Of Representatives Passes The New Minimum Wage Bill 2019

On Tuesday 29th January 2019, the House of Representatives had a plenary session which approved the new minimum wage in Nigeria as N27,000.

The 14th Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, made a statement yesterday and said: "Today we passed the new national minimum wage Bill 2019 in keeping with our commitment to improve the welfare of the Nigerian workers. The Bill was given speedy and accelerated passage in just two legislative days as a House of the Nigerian people."

It is expected that the government pay not less than N27,000 to their employees.

See the report below: