Tinubu’s N70,000 transport allowance excludes millions of Nigerians, sparks controversy

Unemployed Nigerians, private-sector workers and authorities authorities employees person been near retired of the Federal Government's planned N70,000 monthly transport allowance for nationalist assemblage workers.

This comes amid a disagreement betwixt the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, implicit the initiative.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, done the Minister of Labour, approved a N70,000 transport allowance for nationalist assemblage workers.

The support came aft NLC's menace to unopen down the state implicit rising substance prices and its request for a reappraisal of the N70,000 minimum wage, which has been eroded by inflation.

The Tinubu medication has acceptable November 5 arsenic the implementation day for the N70,000 transport allowance. However, portion nationalist assemblage workers await the projected allowance, different categories of workers and unemployed Nigerians person been near out.

Data from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, showed that 71.2 cardinal Nigerians are self-employed, portion lone 3.32 cardinal enactment successful the nationalist sector. Meanwhile, the bulk of formally employed workers, numbering 9.64 million, are successful the backstage sector, according to the 2024 Labour Force data.

The NBS information bespeak that the bulk of moving Nigerians volition not payment from the Federal Government's planned N70,000 transport allowance.

DAILY POST reports that the...