Nigeria Council of State has pegged the National Minimum wage at N27,000 for states of the federation. The amount is to be the least paid for workers in the states and the private sector.
The Council arrived at this decision at its meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, 22nd January 2019.
Following the outcome of the meeting, Nigeria's Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige stated that a bill would be sent to the National Assembly latest on Wednesday (tomorrow), 23rd January 2019.
However, Federal Government workers will take home N30,000 as their minimum wage.
The Nigerian Council of State is an organ of the Nigerian Government. Its functions include advising the executive on policymaking.
It composition consists of the following persons; President, who is the Chairman; Vice-President, who is the Deputy Chairman; All former Presidents of the Federation and all former Heads of the Government of the Federation; All former Chief Justices of Nigeria;
President of the Senate; Speaker of the House of Representatives; All the Governors of the states of the Federation; and Attorney-General of the Federation.
