Section 9: Employer's obligations in respect of minimum wage.

(1) An employer shall pay to the workers a wage not less than the national minimum wage, subject to statutory deductions.
(2) Any employer who fails to comply with subsection (1), commits an offence and is liable on conviction to pay-
(a) a fine not exceeding 5% of the offenders monthly wage;
(b) all outstanding arrears of the workers’ wages; and
(c) an additional penalty of not less than the prevailing Central Bank of Nigeria lending rate on the wages owed, for each month of continuing violation, provided that the power to order payment on account of wages under subsection (2) shall not derogate from the right of the worker to recover wages due to him by any other proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction.