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‘’DEAR NIGERIAN EMPLOYER

Nigeria’s national minimum wage is N70,000 per month. It was signed into law in July 2024, replacing the previous N30,000 minimum wage.

Kindly do not pay any employee less than the minimum wage of N70,000. It is illegal to do so.

Go and read the National Minimum Wage Act for the consequences of paying less.

You cannot just pay what you like, or what you think you can 'afford'. There are laws governing the land. You are subject to those laws.

Thank you!''

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

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

Mattswaggz:
Are you denying the obvious that employees aren't well treated and protected in this country or what?.

Sirchiboy:
Nigerian lady kicks against employees who pay their staff less than 70k




Chioma Ifeanyi-Eze

tiswell:
it's always easier said than done.

How many employers in Naija can pay their staff 70k minimum?

Be realistic, baba.

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

Sirchiboy:
Nigerian lady kicks against employees who pay their staff less than 70k




Chioma Ifeanyi-Eze

Dalohad:
How many businesses has she has established and how many staff does she have to pay at the end of every month.

My current wage bill in my businesses is 4.3 million naira every month, I have 28 staff to worry about at the end of every month. That's 28 families to feed, aside my own.

That does not include training, consumables, accomodation, rent, equipments, maintainance, power, utilities, taxes, levies.. etc..

Meanwhile, we have Tinubu's toxic economic policy to contend with everyday. Cost of Fuel is up there, power is not cheap, price of consumables and materials going through the roof.

This is why I don't tolerate any APC scoundrel around me.

Raise your price by 1% and have some customers dump you like hot lead.

Never listen to anyone who has never been there and has never run a successful business, giving you advice on how to run one.

Sirchiboy:
Nigerian lady kicks against employees who pay their staff less than 70k




Chioma Ifeanyi-Eze

Kaycee54321:
You're not feeding 28 families. You make it sound like you're doing them a favour.

You're simply paying for services rendered to you.

If your cash flow cannot sustain your wage bill, then check your business model.

Anyway, this is Nigeria...

Kaycee54321:
You're not feeding 28 families. You make it sound like you're doing them a favour.

You're simply paying for services rendered to you.

If your cash flow cannot sustain your wage bill, then check your business model.

Anyway, this is Nigeria...

stainlink:
Cases are different.

There are employers that barely get up to the 70k as profit at the end of the month.

Say, an employer that run a business center in a remote location or a petty food seller that has a small stand somewhere that can barely feed the family.

How about a private school that has few students and a sizable number of staff.

Location and circumstances should be used as part of the condition to make conclusions

Dalohad:
Dangote's workers protested last year because he would not let them join NUPENG.

They picketed his office, when they wouldn't bulge, he asked to go, as he didn't need their services anymore.

They refused to leave and had to beg. Na by force to enjoy your services, oga service..

Listen, I come from a business family. A family that has trained and employed thousands of people over the span of 50 years..

No one is indispensable, No worker is.. Yes every CEO must strive to hunt for top talent, but if you are insatiable about your pay and won't skill-up or provide commensurate value. You can leave, it will create space for even better employees.

During the Japa post-covid years, people left their jobs without even telling their employers and travelled to the UK, Canada, US. The companies did not stop surviving..

Have you employed people before? Do you have a business that has seen presidents come and go for 30-40 years?

lagonovo:
The employees are free to leave if they feel the pay is not at par with their service. They don't have to work with that employer's business model.

Kaycee54321:
Ditto.

An employee and employer can part ways with each other. It's not a blood covenant.

I really don't care what anybody pays anybody. I can't use grammar to fix a failed system.

In capitalist Nigeria, you can grossly underpay workers and have them feeding off your fingers.

It's the system.

My objection is that narrative of "I'm feeding 28 families..." It's not charity.

You're paying the wages you owe.

lagonovo:
Why the fixation with his use of "feed"? It depends on how you look at it. It may be viewed as him being empathetic enough to know 28 families may have issues if payments are not made, something many business customers in Nigeria don't give a damn about.

When US government was on lockdown over budget issues, "feeding" was emphasized categorically aside from other bills.

That shouldn't be used as a deviation from the conversation on minimum wage and the official categorization as well as freedom to leave a job.

lagonovo:
Many employers don't make enough to sustain such pay due to many factors impacting businesses in Nigeria. In fact many employers often use personal money from other investments to pay staff.

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

Flangelo12:
As you have in America, abi?

The federal minimum wage in the United States was last raised on July 24, 2009, when it increased to $7.25 per hour.

At least, we even make attempts.

To the issue itself, Employers must work with the law and should be made examples of where they default.