Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Monday, flawed the new administration of President Bola Tinubu over the
HURIWA further faulted the statement by the Tinubu administration to review the present N30,000 National Minimum Wage as a way to cushion the removal of subsidy on petrol, saying the review of the minimum wage was long overdue before the subsidy removal controversy.
Minimum wage was increased from N18,000 to N30,000 in 2018 though many states are yet to implement same and the next five-year period is 2023. “Aside public sector workers, most other Nigerians are seriously not captured by the public wages upgrade. So, the wage review isn’t a solution at all.
“HURIWA will sue the government if the investigation of the subsidy heists is not done and the culprits named, shamed and punished as the consumption rate under subsidy regime is fraudulent and unscientific”.
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