The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Bola Tinubu, Ajuri Ngelale, has said that as part of measures to cushion the effect of subsidy removal on Nigerians, the Tinubu administration is working towards doubling the minimum wage of civil servants.
Speaking on Channels TV, Ngelale said;
“I don’t want to preempt the president or the work of the minimum wage committee that is getting it down in those states, but what I would say is this the president will want nothing less than a doubling.
“I mean doubling the current minimum wage. As of June 36 states have received N300 billion more than they had received in any previous month in the last two years. They already have more money right now.
“The federal government on its part is making sure it brings down the cost food and energy by supporting transport companies and coming up with agriculture intervention as well as SMEs capitalization.
” States have all agreed during the last NEC meeting that they would support new minimum wage.”
The current minimum wage in Nigeria is N30,000.
