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NLC DEMANDS N794 000 N540 000 FOR S WEST S EAST
According to him, if you consider what is going on in the country today, one won’t be talking about minimum wage anymore.
Nwagbo described the situation as very “unfortunate” saying that if one compared the minimum wages being paid in West African countries, Nigeria workers were the least paid.
“For us, we want to propose based on the prices of commodities in Nigeria. In 2019, when we had N30, 000 minimum wage, a paint bucket of garri was N280, rice and beans were about N450 each while fuel was N145.
“This has continued to subsist till today where a litre of fuel is now N750 to N800 depending on the location. “In the current state, a paint bucket of rice is over N4000 and garri, N2,500. “While two bedroom flat in Enugu that used to be N250,000-N300,000 is over N650,000 at the suburb and in the city it stands at N1.2 million yearly