Obasempire reports that Senate President Godswill Akpabio has stated that Nigerian employers must not pay their employees less than N70,000.
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Akpabio noted that employers are now prohibited from compensating their domestic workers, drivers, or security personnel below N70,000.
He made this announcement while enacting the new minimum wage legislation during a session in the Senate.
According to Akpabio: “If you’re a tailor and you employ additional hands, you can’t pay the person below 70,000. If you have a housemaid, you cannot pay them below 70,000. If you hire a driver or a gateman, you cannot pay them below 70,000.”
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Recall that President Bola Tinubu had approved N70,000 as new minimum wage for workers during a meeting with the organized labour.
Following his approval, the president had transmitted the minimum wage bill to the National Assembly for passage.
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