The Senate on Tuesday approved the sum of N30,000 as minimum wage for both the federal and state governments.
The approval followed the adoption of the report of committee on the National Minimum Wage chaired Deputy Chief Whip Francis Alimekhena (APC, Edo).
The N30,000 approved by the Senate is N3,000 higher than the N27,000 proposal submitted by the Executive arm in January.
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The Senate approval followed that of the House of Representatives, which equally approved N30,000 as national minimum January.
