President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, November 27, declared that the nation’s minimum wage should be anchored on social justice and equity. Buhari said the government must aim to go above the basic social protection floor for all Nigerian workers based on the ability of each tier of government to pay. Channels Television reports that he made this known while inaugurating the 30-member national minimum wage committee at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The president said: ''The subject of a national minimum wage for the federation is within the Exclusive Legislative List of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). ''Accordingly, we should aim to go above the basic social protection floor for all Nigerian workers based on the ability of each tier of government to pay. ''I say this because minimum wage is the minimum amount of compensation an employee must receive for putting in his or her labour and as such should be anchored on so...