N500,000 minimum wage demand unrealistic now, says economist

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Nigerian public-sector workers began a three-day warning strike demanding a new minimum wage, immediate salary increases, and a reduction in petrol prices. An economist described the workers' demand for a 500,000-naira minimum wage as unrealistic under current conditions.

Nigerian workers under the aegis of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council embarked on a three-day warning strike on Friday in demand of a new minimum wage, an immediate increase in salaries and a reduction in the price of petrol to N500 per litre. The post N500,000 minimum wage demand unrealistic now, says economist appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.