Nigeria announces up to 35% pay hike for government workers

1/5/2024 6:59

        Nigeria on Tuesday raised salaries for government workers by between 25% and 35%, backdated to January, the salaries commission said, as Africa's
        biggest economy grapples with its worst cost of living crisis in nearly three decades.
        
        The lowest-paid government employee will earn 450,000 naira ($323.97) a year or 37,500 monthly, the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission said in a statement.
        
        The increase covers all federal government employees, including those in the health, education and security sectors.
        
        The government is separately negotiating with labour unions on a new national monthly minimum wage, which was last reviewed in 2019.
        
        Nigerians are facing inflation of 33.20%, the highest in 28 years, after the government removed a popular petrol subsidy and foreign currency controls, which weakened the naira currency.