FG to review N70,000 minimum wage – Gbajabiamila

By Progress Godfrey
ABUJA – The Federal Government has signalled plans to review the national minimum wage, stating that the current N70,000 benchmark no longer reflects prevailing economic realities.
Vanguard reports that the move comes less than two years after President Bola Tinubu signed the new minimum wage into law, raising it from N30,000 and shortening the review cycle from five years to three years.
Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this on Thursday at the Good Governance Summit 2026 organised by Working People United (WoPU) in Abuja.
He said the administration recognises that the cost of living continues to rise and that workers deserve wages ...