The bill was transmitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu for consideration and passage.
The Nigerian Senate has approved a bill granting the upward review of salaries of judicial officers at both state and federal levels by 300%.
The bill was transmitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu for consideration and passage.
This comes amid demands by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress for an upward review of the national minimum wage.
With the approval, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) will be entitled to a total monthly package of 5,385,047.26 while the Justices of the Supreme Court will earn a total monthly package of ₦4, 213,192.54.
The President of the Court of Appeal will earn a monthly package of ₦4, 478,415.78.
The current national minimum wage is N30,000 and after the government said it could not go beyond N60,000, organised labour embarked on an indefinite strike on Monday.
After their meeting on Tuesday, the labour leaders said the strike had been ‘relaxed’ for one week to give room for further negotiations following President Bola Tinubu’s intervention.
It is unclear how much the government will approve in general for workers but the federal government and its negotiating team have reached an agreement with organised labour to ensure a minimum wage “higher than N60,000”.
Media reports earlier credited sources familiar with the labour issue to saying that Nigeria may approve N100,000 minimum wage, although that has not been confirmed nor discredited by the government or its allies.
