Issues · Social
Minimum wage tripled from ₦30,000 to ₦70,000 in July 2024 after NLC industrial-action threats. State governments split between immediate implementation and phased adoption pending FAAC distributions.
In Tinubu's words“The Nigerian worker must earn a wage that reflects today's realities, not yesterday's.”
Minimum Wage Act signing ceremony, 29 July 2024.
Policy position
Defend the ₦70,000 floor against pressure to revise downward. Couple with N-Power-style direct transfers for the bottom 15 million households. Civil-service consequential adjustments deferred to subsequent fiscal cycle.
