The South-East chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Commerce Union Congress, TUC, are proposing N540,000 and N447,000, respectively, as new minimal wage for civil servants.
The proposal was made on Thursday throughout the South-East Zonal listening to organised by the Tripartite Committee on Nationwide Minimal Wage in Enugu State.
Talking on behalf of the NLC within the area, Comrade Fabian Nwigbo, the Chairman, NLC Enugu State Chapter, opined that the worth of N30,000 minimal wage which got here into impact in 2019 had been eroded by inflation.
In keeping with him, contemplating what’s going on within the nation, one shouldn’t be speaking about N30,000 minimal wage anymore.
Nwagbo described the state of affairs as very “unlucky” stressing that Nigerian employees are allegedly the least paid in the complete West African international locations.
He mentioned, “For us, we need to suggest based mostly on the costs of commodities in Nigeria. In 2019 after we had N30, 000 minimal wage, a paint bucket of garri was N280, rice and beans have been about N450 every whereas gas was N145.
“This has continued to subsist until in the present day the place a litre of gas is now N750 to N800 relying on the placement.
“Within the present state, a paint bucket of rice is over N4000 and garri N2,500.
“Whereas a two bed room flat in Enugu that was once N250, 000-N300,000 is over N650,000 on the suburb and within the metropolis it stands at N1.2 million yearly”.
