The national council of state has approved N27, 000 as the new minimum wage. The workers are demanding for N30,000 minimum wage.
The council gave the approval at its first meeting of the year on Tuesday. In December 2018, the tripartite committee had recommended N30, 000 as minimum wage.
Former Heads of State: Abdulsalami Abubakar, Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, Ernest Shonekan, former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mohammed
Uwais, Senate President Bukola Saraki among others, were present at the meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari presiding.