Senator Ben Murray-Bruce laments on minimum wage reduction via #Dontreduceminimumwage hashtag

Most Nigerians have been complaining on the plans of the Federal government to reduce the minimum wage of Nigerian workers from N18,000 to only God knows what. Senator Ben Murray-Bruce shares his opinion via the twitter hashtag #Dontreduceminimumwage;

Here are some very important points that he made:





Its unjust for a govt to contemplate reducing workers pay of ₦18,000. What can that amount buy in today's Nigeria? #Dontreduceminimumwage

A worker with a family earns less than a member of the NYSC who earns ₦19,800. Reducing his pay is unconscionable! #Dontreduceminimumwage

A man earning ₦18k struggles to pay rent, feed family & pay school fees. To reduce his pay is to punish his family #Dontreduceminimumwage

At Silverbird all our 1000 staff/family earn above minimum wage because I cant afford not to pay my staff well  #Dontreduceminimumwage

Why cant I afford not to pay my staff well? Because if I don't pay them well, I am giving them a license to steal #Dontreduceminimumwage

If FG & state govts dont pay workers well they invite workers to steal. To end corruption we must pay workers well #Dontreduceminimumwage

Anybody thinking of reducing the ₦18,000 minimum wage should himself first try and live on ₦18,000 for a month #Dontreduceminimumwage 

You cannot be spending more than ₦18,000 per meal and claim that the man who earns ₦18,000 per month is over paid #Dontreduceminimumwage

In the last 4 years the cost of food & fuel has gone up. Can we in good faith make a case for reducing workers pay? #Dontreduceminimumwage

I know for a fact that even dogs at Govt House cost more than ₦18k to maintain in a month. How much more a human #Dontreduceminimumwage


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