Domestic Workers' Bill: CEE-HOPE Pushes for Unionisation, Minimum Wage as Senate Considers Proposed Bill.
A non-governmental organisation committed to the protection of rights of women and children, CEE-HOPE, has defended the rights of domestic workers in Nigeria to unionise, be treated with dignity and be included in the National Minimum Wage bill that was recently passed by the Senate. The public hearing held on July 22, was part of the legislative process in the working of a bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to Provide for the Documentation and Protection of Domestic Workers and the Employers and for Other Matters Connected Therewith, 2024.(SB. 272)” The Bill was sponsored by the Senator representing Jigawa North-West, Babangida Hussaini. At the opening of the public hearing, Senate President Godswill Akpabio said the Senate under his leadership would give utmost consideration to the proposed bill and work tirelessly to ensure its swift passage. The Senate President later announced that Domestic Workers are covered by the Minimum Wage Bill passed o...