You can’t pay your househelp or worker less than N70K – Akpabio speaks on how the new minimum wage applies to all

Speaking after the bill was passed, Akpabio said;

‘’If you are a tailor and you employ additional hands, you cannot pay the person below N70,000. If you are a mother and you have a newborn child and you want to bring in a housemaid to look after your child, you cannot pay that housemaid below N70,000.

It is not a maximum wage. It applies to all and sundry. If you bring in a driver, a gateman, you cannot pay below N70, 000. I am very delighted that this has been passed and we now look forward to employers of Labour going ahead to improve on what has been set as a benchmark for all and sundry”