Abuja — The federal government yesterday bowed to pressure by organised labour, promising to send a bill on the N30,000 new national minimum wage to the National Assembly on or before January 23.
Addressing journalists in Abuja on the outcome of a meeting with the leadership of the organised labour, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, said the government would religiously implement all the processes that will enable it transmit the bill within the stipulated time.
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