Analysis - Wages have become the top issue for Nigeria's organised labour movements in the past year. Reacting to recent increases in the cost of living, the labour movement has been calling for an upward review of the national minimum wage, currently N30,000 (US$24) a month.
Wages have become the top issue for Nigeria 's organised labour movements in the past year. Reacting to recent increases in the cost of living, the labour movement has beenand increased workers' wages. But public sector workers were the main beneficiaries. It was not until 3 September 1981 that thewas introduced. The law covered all full-time workers except seasonal workers and those who worked in enterprises employing fewer than 50 workers.
In big corporations, skilled workers are often indifferent to the minimum wage, but sometimes their wages are adjusted upwards when a new minimum is introduced. A nation can establish a poverty line below which someone would be considered poor. This minimum amount is deemed adequate to maintain an acceptable living standard, given the cost of living in a given country. The line is usually set very low.of poverty is used - one that considers income and access to health, education and living standard indicators. These include sanitation, drinking water, electricity, and housing. As of 2021, when the latest data was compiled,were multidimensionally poor.
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