Kingsley Chinda said the current inflationary pressure is creating a cost of living crisis in the country.
EXCLUSIVE: Top Nigeria Customs officers enmeshed in multi-billion naira corruption scandalFood security: The Bago challenge, By Dakuku PetersideEXCLUSIVE: Top Nigeria Customs officers enmeshed in multi-billion naira corruption scandalFood security: The Bago challenge, By Dakuku PetersideThe Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda , says anything less than N100,000 as minimum wage for Nigerian workers is unacceptable.
The House subsequently set up an ad hoc committee with the mandate to review the possibility of a living wage. “Presently, no labourer can live in Nigeria with a wage less than N100,000 monthly. Also, according to the World Bank report, low purchasing in the country occasioned by a high inflationary rate has led to an increase in poverty across the country.
The removal of fuel subsidies by the current administration is fueling the call for the review of the N30,000 minimum wage.