Workers should expect double of current minimum wage – Tinubu’s media aide
According to Ajuri Ngelale, President Bola Tinubu’s media aide, workers can anticipate their salaries to be doubled once the new minimum wage comes into effect.
Ngelale made this statement during a recent interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he discussed the Tinubu administration’s strategy to mitigate the impact of subsidy removal.
Additionally, Ngelale disclosed that the administration has already allocated over N300 billion to the governors across the country…………………………CONTINUE READING
He said, “I don’t want to preempt the president or the work of the minimum wage committee that is getting it down in those states, but what I would say is this: the president will want nothing less than a doubling. I mean doubling of the current minimum wage.
“As of June 36 states have received N300 billion more than they had received in any previous month in the last two years. They already have more money right now.”
He added that the Tinubu’s government is making efforts to reduce of food and energy for the Nigerian populace.
“The federal government on its part is making sure it brings down the cost food and energy by supporting transport companies and coming up with agriculture intervention as well as SMEs capitalisation. States have all agreed during the last NEC meeting that they would support new minimum wage,” Ngelale added……………………….CONTINUE READING
