{"id":29364,"date":"2019-01-22T14:59:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T13:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=29364"},"modified":"2019-01-22T14:59:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T13:59:10","slug":"council-of-state-approves-n27000-as-minimum-wage-for-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/council-of-state-approves-n27000-as-minimum-wage-for-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Of State Approves N27,000 As Minimum Wage For States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;Okays N30,000 for federal workers<\/p>\n<p>National Council of State has pegged the National Minimum wage at N27,000.<\/p>\n<p>This amount is for the least paid workers in the states and the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>However, Federal Government workers will take home N30,000 as their minimum wage.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>The Council arrived at this decision at its meeting in Abuja on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, has just confirmed the development to State House Correspondents in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>With the outcome of the meeting, Ngige stated that a bill would be sent to the National Assembly latest on Wednesday (tomorrow).<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;Okays N30,000 for federal workers National Council of State has pegged the National Minimum wage at N27,000. 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