Tinubu approves N70,000 minimum wage

• Published On: 18 July 2024 at 18:32

President Bola Tinubu has authorized a new minimum salary of N70,000 for Nigerian workers, promising to revisit the national minimum wage law every three years.

This comes after the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress met with the President at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday.


Bayo Onanuga, President Bola Tinubu's Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, confirmed the development in a statement to X.

"President Bola Tinubu has authorized a minimum salary of N70,000 for Nigerian workers, promising to revisit the national minimum wage law every three years.

"President Tinubu also committed to find measures to help the private sector and subnationals pay the minimum wage.

"President Tinubu announced the decisions at the meeting held with leaders of TUC and NLC on Thursday in Abuja, the second time the parties met in 7 days," according to the statement.

Onanuga further stated that labor leaders applauded President Tinubu's "fatherly gesture," and that the President promised to use his administrative discretion to settle the arrears four months' salary owing to university unions.