₦airaland Forum

firearcher:
You think an amount like 60k will not make a world of difference to some people who have no job and no alternative.
If it is easy to create businesses, jobs and pay people salary, most people will own a business

So will an amount like 5K or 10K. So let's make those the minimum wage??
Point is, there is a threshold of an amount you pay an adult to work full time. The argument sholud never be because a ridiculously low amount makes a difference to them!

oshiokpu:
This is another point to consider.
Right now I can’t afford to pay more than 60k to my staffs oh!

Then reduce staff or shut down. It is inhuman to be paying someone 60K a month with the kind of prices we have today.

Also consider this below. Minimunm wage in US is $30K a year and a Senator's pay is $174K.
While a Senator's package in Nigeria is 37.5M while minimum wage is (let's even say) 100K!!

It's all good and well until you consider this below.
Then you ask yourself how come some people are exempt from the consequences of these "difficult decisions"??

BAT has his own very serious personal problems including health. If you think he has the time or energy to worry about the cost of garri, think again

Duh, of course write a report anonymously. And I bet you won't be the only one. Get one or two others to do same

adioolayi:
Not nonsense....one thing is clear...All FGN workers will get an increase in salary once minimum wage is increased.

It's private sector that can tell certain cadre of workers that they won't be able to increase their salary and there is nothing they can do about it

FG ONLY has to increase salaries of those making less than minimum wage, so as does the private sector.
They don't have to do anything beyond that, and you can't sue them. They'll be quite within the law and their rights

dreamxhaser:
Okay, so how is it calculated?

There's no calculation at all. Never mind all the nonsense you've been reading.
The law simply says you can't pay lower than a certain amount. THAT’S ALL!
Any other salary above that is by negotiation - what you're willing to accept and what the employer is willing to pay

adioolayi:
No...

There is wage structure that will be used.

The only cadre that will enjoy full 70% increase will be those at Level 1 Step 1....others, there will be increase..but not 70%....it reduces as the level and steps advances

Another nonsense

Seunpapa65:
Nigerian deserves better
So much money and resources yet nothing to show for it

Actually there's something to show for it.
See below

Uwori:
Pay all public office holders 105,000. Let's feel the inflation together. Period!

Well, see their actual pay package below.
Can't fathom why there'er no riots on the streets!

dometome:
I posted a YouTube response link to a question, if PHP is dying? The next thing I saw is that it has been deleted. Please is it against the rule of the site that YouTube videos cannot be posted here?

Blame those who spam NL with clickbait links. The only way to combat them is to ban almost all links

blamingthedevil:
This NLC is not serious . Less than 1% earn their salaries from FG. Over 96% are not in public sector. Is NLC really working for Nigerian workers? 15 states like Abia , Anambra, Delta, Bayelsa etc are still paying #18k per month. What is the benefits of ordinary Nigerians not working for govt but earn a living daily through their nano businesses?

See genius o. No mind them my brother, this below is very fair

AmiableMosquito:
not monthly, annual. And it's 300% not 200%

You are right. See the exact numbers below.
Meanwhile minimum wage is 30K.
Yet there are no riots on the streets!

StOla:
Dude, the same Senator made it clear it was N700k, and that is the salary. The DOLLAR amount referenced in the news report is putting it in perspective for foreign readers.

You are actually an illiterate if you think your Senators ever earned in dollars.

Nothing else mentioned is their salary, but what do I expect from a beer parlour analyst to understand the difference between a salary and funds given to run the office of a Senator.

Is this guy MAD? Whoever implied in any way that a senator earned in dollars?!! They were paid the EQUIVALENT of $2000 PLUS 13M a month, while minimum wage was 18K, the equivalent of about 30 bucks!

StOla:
You are too dumb if you think your Senator's salary is quoted in dollars.

The dollar amount there was for international readers to understand the value, and that was at the prevailing exchange rate then.

That's how your type spread misinformation on social media.

Like I said you're showing all the signs of a drunk person. A senator confirmed in 2018 that they were being paid equivalent of $2000 base salary plus 13.5M, while minimum wage was 18K. Instead of being outraged, all you're focused on are ridiculous, nonsensical semantics!
If that's not a drunk person I don't know what is!

StOla:
And I am sure you saw that the monthly salary is quoted as $2000, which was actually 700K as reported by Senator Shehu Sani.

You would do well to read the full report, which was corroborated by a Premium Time expose on the matter.

Their monthly salary was below N1m, and that was from 2015 to 2019, by the last assembly from 2019 to 2023, the monthly salary became N1.5m.

Or you want to claim the allowances used to run their office as Senators or employ assistants is part of their salary?

Or is it the constituency project funds of N200m that you want to claim is part of their salary?

You're talking like you're drunk. Are you? How much is $2000?? Or how much is that 700K in today's Naira.
Stop defending grave injustice just because of a meaningless NL argument.
See the big picture - we ought open people's eyes and rile them up enough to hit the streets. That's the big picture!

StOla:
You can lie!

Chai!

Many of you are too ignorant because of the rubbish you feed yourselves on social media.

As at the last assembly from 2019 to 2023, the salary of a Senator is below N1m monthly.

I know you would want to claim all sorts, but you will never prove that the salary is up to N1m.

But I dare you to prove the rubbish before I will strip you naked and show how ignorant many of you are who just lament aimlessly out of ignorance.

I repeat, no Nigerian Senator had a monthly salary of up to N1m in the last assembly.

Is the below from BBC proof enough for ya?
And it's from 2018!!

LegendHero:
I don’t care about the ratio.

The reason why I compared it was simply to tell people that a political appointee could earn more than the highest level civil servant by configuration.

The premise is that irrespective of the year of experience, it is not an anomaly if a political appointee earn more than the highest paid civil servant with 29 years working of experience.

Now who is less sensible between me and you? Ya’ll just jump into argument without factoring context.

That guy just let you get away with talking crap.

You don't don’t care about the ratio. What a stupid thing to say in a discussion like this.
The entire discussion is about ratios and comparisons my friend.

Minimum wage in US is $30K per year. A US senator makes $174K per year.
While in our Nigeria a senator makes 37.5M per month while minimum wage is 30K!!!!!

See all the RATIOS AND COMPARISONS below!!

StOla:
Are you so mentally handicapped to see that a mere political appointee is earning $150k to $180k and beyond, while the average professor is earning $100k, even when that average salary is due to pay from schools that are not public and the professors are not civil servants?

Yet you lambast a Nigerian political appointee salary because he earns above the pay of public servants which is the very thing I have shown you happens in America when political appointee salary is compared to civil servants salary, and higher than even most professors that are tenured in universities that is not civil service job.

Keep running around in circles.

Ok, I've now seen what your problem is, so I'm no longer as angry with you. It is not that you are a total IDIOT. Nope, it's just that you simply don't know. There is no university funded by the FG in US as obtains in Nigeria. And what you term "political appointees" have salaries conmensurate with other employees of the FG of same rank.
As you have seen, a career civil servant like head of FBI makes more than a senator.
See police officer (civil servant) salaries below.
Also see below, average salaries of CIVIL SERVANTS!

Now compare that with N30K minimum wage in Nigeria vs. a Senator's package

StOla:
A state public college/university or a privately funded Ivy league University?

You want to convince yourself that a professor at Havard is a civil servant?

Are you a clown or what?

You think the school teachers at BIS, Meadow Hall and Greensprings, and that fancy school that just opened in Lagos, do not earn more than your most senior civil servants and public university professors?

Why not show us the salary of a public school principal in the US, or a fire Service or Prison/Correctional Service head?

How many of the top civil servants in US still earn way less than the US private sector, while mere political appointees in the white house are earning more than these professors of yours?

Exactly same scenario on the payslip we are debating.

Senior Civil Servants in Nigeria earning N400k to N600k monthly in 2022, while a political appointee at that same 2022 was earning about N1m monthly in a country where some entry level Engineers in the private oil industry were earning N1.5m as at 2010, with some experienced Engineers already earning circa N3m as at 2011?

Is this guy totally daft or something? Guy is there something wrong with you?
You have Google. Make screenshot let's see!
I've shown mine! See below, AVERAGE salary of a US professor.
Are you nuts sir? What is the minium wage in US??
Something that is TOTALLY outrageous and you should be calling for riots you're here carping NONSENSE!

StOla:
See below the pay for Trump regime white house employees.

Ranging from advisers to assistants.

How many university professors or civil servants who have spent 20years or more on their jobs, earn that much for a 4year or less political role?


https://cdn.govexec.com/media/gbc/docs/pdfs_edit/070317whsalaries.html

You are still doubling down on your nonsense.
Google pay of a college lecturer in US then compare it to the salary of a US senator.
Then compare to the outrageous ridiculousity of Nigerian senators compared to Nigerian proffessors!

StOla:
Daddy Cool down.

What you have shown should not be allowed in terms of how the budget of the National Assembly has continued to grow while the minimum wage has stagnated.

However, you cannot blame some of us for not seeing anything scandalous about a salary that an OND graduate will earn in Total.

Yes, compared to the civil service that salary is way higher, but political service and civil service have never had the same pay structure and will never have.

What should not be allowed is having the political class easily adjust their own pay to cater for inflation, while doing nothing significant about minimum wage.

Stop confusing yourself. There is no such thing as "political service" that is different from "civil service". They are all PUBLIC SERVANTS and their pays are commensurate.
See below, pay of a US senator compared to an FBI director

StOla:
Someone put up here the salary of political roles in the US, all above $150k per annum.

Please tell how many civil servants in that same USA make $70k per annum?

What are you talking about??
There is no such thing as "political role" that has a different salary. As long as you are being paid by the TAX PAYER salaries are commensurate.
Google it!!!

StOla:
Daddy Cool down.

What you have shown should not be allowed in terms of how the budget of the National Assembly has continued to grow while the minimum wage has stagnated.

However, you cannot blame some of us for not seeing anything scandalous about a salary that an OND graduate will earn in Total.

Yes, compared to the civil service that salary is way higher, but political service and civil service have never had the same pay structure and will never have.

What should not be allowed is having the political class easily adjust their own pay to cater for inflation, while doing nothing significant about minimum wage.

You are talking PURE NONSENSE!
As long as you are being paid by tax payers, your salary is commensurate to other employees also being paid by tax payers. Stop carping nonsense

StOla:
Even in the US, political salary compares more with the private industry pay, and not with American civil service pay, despite that both civil service and private industry derive their pay from the same minimum wage as it is in Nigeria also.

This is BLATANTLY FALSE!!!

StOla:
Be careful when you say what Nigerians in Nigeria make in Naira.

Stop confusing the obviously suffering civil service to what the private corporations pay.

Even in the US, political salary compares more with the private industry pay, and not with American civil service pay, despite that both civil service and private industry both derive their pay from the same minimum wage as it is in Nigeria also.

Entry level salary at ExxonMobil for Engineers as at 2010, was about N1.5m in this same Nigeria.

That was about $10k monthly at the rate then.

The problem you have with Nigeria political office pay versus civil service pay, also exist in the US.

Your true comparison should be if such pay is outrageous for that economy.

The answer is hell No!

What is wrong with this guy?? How much is the minimum wage in that US? How much does the president make.
You may not know but it is official that Nigeria's senators and reps are the HIGHEST PAID in the world!!

Graciousnaija:
This is very irresponsible to put out someone else's detail in public like this. You didn' even blur his name and other personal details. What do you intend to achieve?

Au contraire. It is VERY commendable and we ought have more of these types of exposures and transparencies till there is a revolution.
Why all the secrecy??

muykem:
Let us be realistic. Political appointment is not employment. It's just for little time, no pension, no retirement benefits.

StOla:
Is this supposed to be scandalous?

A short term employment that we already know is remunerated higher than the regular civil service?

I still do not understand why many Nigerians lie to themselves about the actual pay of political persons being high, when many entry level roles in the private corporations in this same country pay up to that and more than that in some instances.

I can never quit my private sector job to go earn all this chicken change in the public or political service that many will still hate you because they think it is this small salary that is making them to suffer.

Tackle the real financial wastes and there will be more to go round to have a living wage like this one for all government workers.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!!!!
Go to any reasonable country, salary of "special assistant" is commensurate to salary of other govt workers!
See the outrageous nonsense we have below. Instead of seriously working towards a revolution you are here carping nonsense!!

honestivo:
Power is with the people,not govt , police or military

If power were indeed with the people this below would not be possible. The people would put them on trial and give them long prison terms for looting the people's treasury

abatically:
Very quick to attack, typical nairaland trademark. Nobody is saying they shouldn't make a signpost, but at least get the figures right and don't be a laughing stock. So a random person can post anything and without checking u all just jump on it.

Accomodation allowance and recess allowance says 20% of basic salary but both figures are different. One is 621k+, the other is 240k+. Neither of them is correct. Isn't this obvious someone just put random numbers there. This is definitely not a typo

See it below. Still conveys the enraging message

How can she turn a hit-and-run guy into atm card??

Available9:
See her real face...age done show

Show what? She's BEAUTIFUL. U yabbing nonsense