Enugu – The Progressive Students Movement (PSM), a Pan-African Students group, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the New Minimum Wage Bill into Law.
Buhari on Thursday signed the Minimum Wage Repeal and Re-enactment Bill 2019 into law and to take effect from April 18.
Sen. Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate) disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents in Abuja.
The President of PSM in Nigeria, Mr Bestman Okereafor, gave the commendation in a statement made available to NAN on Thursday in Enugu.
Okereafor noted that PSM saw the signing as a long awaited gesture to workers in Nigeria to enjoy the fruit of their labour.
He, however, appealed to state governors to strictly adhere with the new monthly minimum wage by prompt payment of workers’ wages or salaries in their various states.
“The attention of the leadership of the PSM has been drawn to the decision of President Buhari to sign into…
