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WORKERS DAY: The N70,000 new minimum wage is not enough to cater for our cost of living amidst rising inflation. ~ Nigerian workers
As labour unions commemorate this year’s Workers’ Day today across the country, civil servants in various states on Wednesday said the N70,000 new national minimum wage is not enough to cater for their cost of living amidst rising inflation.
Last year, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved N70,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers. Standing on this template, some states agreed to pay their workers above the N70,000 new national minimum wage and commenced the implementation of the payment.
Despite this, workers in various states have expressed worry over their inability to use the pay to cater for their necessary needs.
Daily trust carried out a survey across several states and majority of the workers are lamenting that the 70k is not enough to Carter for their needs.