'N70,000 won't even cover transport' – Rufai blasts Tinubu's allowance, backs TUC

Arise News anchor, Rufai Oseni, has backed the Trade Union Congress, TUC, for rejecting the N70,000 transport allowance connection for workers by President Bola Tinubu.

Speaking during Arise Television's 'Morning Show' connected Thursday, Rufai said the allowance is not utile and volition not enactment for workers successful Lagos.

He besides revealed that a subordinate of his workplace unit spends N7,000 regular connected transport alone.

According to him, successful a month, the idiosyncratic spends doubly the minimum wage conscionable connected going to enactment and coming back.

"I got talking to a subordinate of unit astatine the workplace yesterday, and helium confirmed, helium spends astir 7k connected transport each day. In a month, helium spends doubly the minimum wage connected transport," Rufai wrote.

The broadcaster argued that adjacent the N70,000 authorities is promising volition lone wage fractional of the transport outgo for a idiosyncratic who lives connected the Mainland and works connected the Island.

"Even the authorities transport subsidy of 70k volition beryllium ineffective for a authorities idiosyncratic successful Lagos that lives connected the mainland and works connected the island. It would conscionable wage fractional of the outgo of commuting," helium added.

DAILY POST reports that TUC connected Wednesday rejected the N70,000 allowance, describing it arsenic haphazard and demanding wage increment instead.

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