₦airaland Forum

Dreal1247:
This is going to be a very long story. Hope Soludo knows that he may be digging his political grave. The envy and jealousy of Soludo towards Peter Obi is acidic. Soludo should know that Obi came from an established family. If Obi were to be living a flamboyant life, he would be an owner of multiple private jets. Let us see some of the exploits of Professor before he became the CBN Governor and after. Also his dealings and doings before Obiano made him the Governor of Anambra State.

SmartyPants:
The picture here is 20 years old sir.

MissOpe:
You don treat all the sickness wey dey ur body finish...

Oyinbo pass u, this no be about putting your sef small.... Oyinbo no be ur mate no lie.

ttmacoy:
And as I said if it was a pressing issue they will get it done, and why is there disagreement? Because cost of living varies so widely that one national minimum wage makes no sense.

Let's even take a state of Illinois, the cost of living and income potential in Chicago the main city is very different from the rest of Illinois that's why you then have the city level wage in Chicago and same in the likes of NYC.

I assure you if the federal minimum wage was relevant and it determined what people were paid they would have done something about it but it really doesn't make a difference because the real minimum wage is driven at state and city level so no one can be bothered to use their politics capital to push it. It literally adds no value and changes absolutely nothing.

If they make the federal minimum wage $17 that doesn't make sense for low cost states like Nebraska etc, if the maybe it low enough for Nebraska it will be too low for people living in high cost states like NY. Do you understand the issue or are you going to keep repeating they haven't increased it since 2009 so Nigeria has done better?

And the issue here is that some Nigerian employees are not even paying the N30k, are you arguing that US employees are paying people $7 or less

ttmacoy:
Bro please stop abeg, the US Federal minimum wage not being updated means absolutely nothing which is they haven't bothered. Minimum wage is now determined at the state level. Is your argument that people are being paid $7 an hour in the US?

Infact in some cases it is determined at city level, Chicago has increased its minimum wage to $17 so going on an on about federal minimum wage at $7 is an absolute waste of time and means nothing. And no it doesn't mean Nigeria has done better when it comes to minimum wage.

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/bacp/supp_info/minimumwageinformation.html


And yes I do agree that Nigeria could also do with state level minimum wage because cost of living varies across the country so minimum wage in Lagos or Abuja shouldn't be the same for Zamfara. If that happens it will nullify the need for a federal minimum wage like in the US.

The reason congress haven't bothered to do anything about the federal minimum wage is because it's not really relevant since it is being managed at state and city level so no one wants to spend political capital on it, it doesn't mean people are stuck being paid $7.

Late1tterl:
He said the truth. Let it digest pls

Nteogwuija:
I don't understand you. You mentioned Asian innovations, and ommited African innovations.

Let me ask you, how many Industrialized(first-world) countries do you have in Africa vs Asia?

Princedapace:
Blacks got no purpose than to fight them selves and unable to solve their own problems.
Look at Nigeria, for 60 years cant solve her own peculiar problem. Rather forced them selves to live together while they horribly hate one another. World without blacks would have been more useful.
Look at how they die inside sea trying to cross to the lands of their colonizers
They even marry old people just to escape their useless lands

Nteogwuija:
The phone and internet u use type this thing now na white man make am. If no be white man maybe by now we for still dey smash stone use make fire. If person better pass u, acknowledge am. Then ask am to show u way.

And by the way, I no follow for people wey wan die enter America or Europe. I love my skin color and I love my home (Africa).

The moral of the story be say "all men are not equal." Oyibo pass black man. And this has nothing to do with self-esteem, it's just fact.

Princedapace:
Stil doesnt change that they are superior. They conquered us in everything. Everything that powers the world today is built and managed by them. Even the Chinese learn from them. who pass u, pass u. we dey cross red sea just to live in their country while we have not been able to solve any problem in our country.

MissOpe:
He is correct, keep living in denial ...

ttmacoy:
Bro you're not even comparing like for like 😂

Yes the federal minimum wage in the US hasn't been updated since 2009 but the reality is the federal minimum wage in the USA isn't really relevant like in Nigeria. States actually determine their own minimum wages. The federal wage was initially pushed when many states were not implementing minimum wages so a federal minimum wage was established to force the states to but since then states have been updating their wages and eg states like Illinois where I live have a minimum wage of $15 so the federal rate isn't really relevant. Some states like DC NYac etc have min wage of $17 and above.

And the reason it makes sense for states to determine minimum wage is that cost of living varies widely across states, NYC cost is very different from Alabama so a federal minimum wage doesn't make sense and just led to fights in Congress about how if they increase it to levels Democrats in eg NYC want then it punishes low cost states and if they keep it at low rate for low income states it pushes poverty in higher cost states so resolution was states determine minimum wages.

You're trying to compare apples with bananas by using the US Federal minimum wage as proof that Nigeria is doing better 😂

The way you guys keep parroting this US minimum wage is $7 like you know what you're talking about is hilarious 😂

IGBOPROMISE1:
Oh, so it’s not accessible to the public just like Peter Obi is asking UNN to do for his own? Pity really, as i was hoping to see the primary and secondary schools he claimed to have attended, and certificates gotten!

IGBOPROMISE1:
You have a copy to share here?

kpankpangolo:
What a waste of time.

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tiswell:
How many companies does she own,and what's the staff strength

omoredia:
Pls go and kick govt that has all the trillions to pay civil servants a living wage

jaxxy:
Where is his primary and secondary school records? Let inec or whoever knows about it should release it. Nigerians want to check something.

Bayoonanuga:
Margaret obi will squander public funds once her husband become president

potent5:
If petrol prices are soaring in Nigeria where crude is in abundance, there is no benefit of that refinery.

cr7lomo:
They are still superior...cos if they weren't... we wudnt killing rushing and praying to go live in their country and only believe in what tgey create... if them give u Mercedes or innoson...u go rush carry Mercedes.....

Ejebleje:
Propaganda post. Over 70 percent of Nigerians that live below the poverty line can not relate to your "ten" benefits.
Bottom line, more private refineries need to come on-stream

oglalasioux:
It will be a disaster for the world if Kamala Harris or Gavin Newsom becomes US president. They will simply hand over nuclear weapons to Iran and turn every man to a ‘woman’ and vice versa just to be politically correct.

BondRiv:
Another American institution. The same way Nigeria was conveniently included, it will also be excluded. The president is interested in pleasing them with his policies of hardship to the detriment of Nigerians.