The Presidency on Thursday said reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has reneged on his promise to pay the N30, 000 minimum wage at the Monday tripartite committee is untrue as the president did not commit to the figure, that rather, he affirmed to endorse the bill on a new minimum wage only after the report of the committee has been reviewed by the executive and legislative processes of government.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, who issued the clarification said, “the President never mentioned any figure."
"What he committed himself to was a new minimum wage, and only after the report of the committee has been reviewed by the executive and legislative processes of government and an appropriate bill presented to him for assent, he said.
Furthermore, he said, “Until the proposed minimum wage has gone through the whole gamut of law-making, President Buhari, who is a stickler for due process, will not be caught in this unnecessary web of controversy, which amounts to putting the cart before the horse and hair-splitting.
“As for those who have latched onto the concocted controversy to play cheap politics, we appeal to them to remember that elections are not won through loquaciousness, and trying to demean the President at every drop of a hat.
“But then, it is not surprising, as they have nothing else to sell to Nigerians, if they don’t ride on the name of the President. Stiff judgment awaits them at the polls.”
Adesina quoting President Buhari said, “I am fully committed to having a new National Minimum Wage Act in the very near future.
“I, therefore, would like to ask for your patience and understanding in the coming weeks.”
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