Nigeria, March 19 -- The Nigerian Senate has approved N30, 000 as minimum wage for workers in Nigeria.

The national minimum wage bill will become effective after the president, Muhammadu Buhari, assents to it.

The chairman of the ad-hoc committee set up to review the bill, Francis Alimikhena, presented a report on Tuesday.

The report recommended that N30, 000 be approved as minimum wage for Nigerian workers.

It also recommended that the federal government put in place a procedure to review revenue sharing formula to enhance state capabilities towards implementation of the new wage.

The committee also suggested that relevant agencies should compute the cost implication of the bill on the 2019 budget and forward same to the National As...