President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, signed the new Minimum Wage Act into law.

Tinubu signed the new law at 2 pm at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Channelstv reports that a National Assembly delegation led by the President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio and some members of the House of Representatives were around to witness the ground-breaking event.

Following the signing, the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters Basheer Lado said the move is a promise kept.

“The signing of the minimum wage bill into law by His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is both a promise kept and a demonstration of his people-centric governance model,” he said in a statement. “Tinubu promised to pay a living wage to Nigerian workers during his electioneering campaigns and he has kept that promise.”