Buhari Committed To Minimum Wage Increase, Says Presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari

The Presidency has consoled Nigerian laborers of the dedication of President Muhammadu Buhari's organization to expand the lowest pay permitted by law. 

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, gave the affirmation in a meeting with correspondents in Abuja. 

Congress through its President, Ayuba Wabba, had on Monday blamed the Federal Government for disappointing the execution of the new the lowest pay permitted by law. 

Wabba expressed that the Congress had called a gathering of its organs one week from now to settle on the following line of activity. 

Enang, nonetheless, encouraged NLC to think about jobless Nigerians in its interest for compensation increase. 

"I need to guarantee you that the Buhari-drove organization is extremely fair and focused on surveying the pay rates of specialists. 

"On the off chance that he was not, he would not have set up a board of trustees on the lowest pay permitted by law headed by a resigned Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. This is an indication of duty, the Minister of Labor is a piece of it. 

"Along these lines, it demonstrates the level of duty, and it's anything but a board of trustees of the Federal Executive Council, it is a presidential advisory group set up and introduced by the president." 

"The specialists and work ought to incorporate every one of the individuals who are fit the bill to be utilized yet are not yet utilized. 

"In this way, when we are discussing increment in pay rates, I consent to it, however I figure we ought to likewise factor along making work for the individuals who are yet to have."