{"id":299217,"date":"2023-12-01T12:02:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T11:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=299217"},"modified":"2023-12-01T12:02:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T11:02:33","slug":"new-minimum-wage-to-commence-april-2024-says-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/12\/01\/new-minimum-wage-to-commence-april-2024-says-fg\/","title":{"rendered":"New minimum wage to commence April 2024, says FG"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Constitutes committee for implementation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Federal Government on Thursday announced that a new minimum wage regime would come into effect on April 1, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, made this announcement, saying that the current N30,000 minimum wage would expire at the end of March 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly, there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/06\/08\/fuel-subsidy-tuc-gives-tinubu-govt-deadline-on-new-minimum-wage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new wage regime<\/a> that will come in on April 1, 2024. 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A committee that will also involve Labour itself will work on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed further disclosed that the committee is being constituted and the Federal Government is talking to Labour about it.<\/p>\n<p>He added that by the time this current wage regime expires by the end of March, Nigerian workers should expect that a new wage will kick off by April.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister said it is in this wage regime that the Government will now have a proper salary structure for workers across the length and breadth of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect that the private sector and state governors will also do the same,\u201d Mohammed told newsmen in Abuja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Constitutes committee for implementation The Federal Government on Thursday announced that a new minimum wage regime would come into effect on April 1, 2024. 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