The
Presidency said on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari had yet to sign
the National Minimum Wage Bill just passed by the National Assembly into law,
contrary to reports last week that he had done so.
The Senate
had on March 19 passed the bill, approving N30,000 as the new national minimum
wage.
Last week,
there were social media reports, claiming that Buhari had assented to the bill.
But
speaking in an exclusive interview with The Punch in Abuja on
Wednesday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly
Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, dismissed the reports.
He said
that signing of bills was not done in secrecy, as the President would normally
communicate his decision to Nigerians publicly.
Enang
clarified that Buhari had yet to sign the bill on the grounds that there were
operational procedures to be followed.
However,
he confirmed that the bill, which captured N30,000 as the new national minimum
wage, had been transmitted to Buhari by the National Assembly.
Enang
said, “The bill has been transmitted to Mr President; that I can confirm.
“Right
now, the bill is undergoing standard presidential, operational procedures in
respect of bills.
“We are
within time. At the appropriate time, Mr President will take a decision and
make it public.
“Therefore,
the report that Mr President has already signed the bill is not correct.”
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