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US Report: N70,000 Minimum Wage Can’t Lift Nigerians Out Of Poverty

The United States government has said that Nigeria’s newly approved minimum wage of N70,000 is grossly inadequate to lift citizens out of poverty, as rising inflation and currency devaluation have eroded its real value. In its 2024 Country Report on Human Rights Practices, the US noted that the minimum wage, which is equivalent to just […]