The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has made it clear that Nigerian employers, including those who employ messengers, personal drivers, private security guards (Mai-Guards) would not be allowed to pay their staff below N70,000 henceforth.
Speaking before the passing into law, of the new minimum wage bill on the floor of the Senate yesterday, July 23, Senator Akpabio remarked: “If you are 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.”
The Senate President did not however how defaulters would be identified and penalty for defaulting.
The Bill is awaiting the endorsement of President Bola Tinubu, who earlier announced the minimum wage after consultations with stakeholders and was accepted by the labour unions in the country.
