Re:Nigeria suffers national power outage as labor unions shu...
by ben_w on Monday June 03, 2024 @03:08PM
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> A minimum wage of N30,000 (£15) a month, agreed in 2019, expired this April. The unions are asking for an increase to N494,000 (£257).
And a different source:
"""Unions are demanding a huge increase in the minimum wage, saying workers cannot survive on the current rate of 30,000 naira (£18; $22) a month.
The government is offering to double this but security guard Mallam Magaji Garba tells the BBC that this would not even be enough to buy a 50kg bag of rice, which he needs to feed his family each month.
The bag of rice costs 75,000 naira ($56; £44) - more than the government's proposal, even before taking other expenses into account."""
And a different source:
"""Unions are demanding a huge increase in the minimum wage, saying workers cannot survive on the current rate of 30,000 naira (£18; $22) a month. The government is offering to double this but security guard Mallam Magaji Garba tells the BBC that this would not even be enough to buy a 50kg bag of rice, which he needs to feed his family each month. The bag of rice costs 75,000 naira ($56; £44) - more than the government's proposal, even before taking other expenses into account."""
- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6ppwz87vgqo
50 kg per month is 1.6 kg per day; rice is about 3500 kcal per kg, so 1.6 kg/day would just about feed 2 adults and 1 kid.
This government had picked a number so low that nobody could accept it even if they adored and worshipped them.