The two main labour unions in Nigeria have declared an indefinite strike as from Monday over what they terms as a disagreement on a new minimum wage with the government.

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    They had on Tueday [sic] refused the minimum wage proposal by the government at 60,000 Naira.

    That $45 or 41 Euro. Not sure if that’s daily, yearly, quarterly or what. That article left a lot to be desired, as evidenced by the typo I chose to include

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      https://www.thecable.ng/historical-review-nigerias-national-minimum-wage/

      It looks like this would be a monthly figure. Based on this source minimum wage currently sits at 30.000 Naira ($22,45) /month.
      From what I understand it is higher than what it was set at in the 80s, but the value of the Naira did drop quite a bit over time (when compared to the US dollar)

      According to this website the 1981 wage would have been equivalent to $204, while the 2024 wage is equivalent to $24

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      It’s monthly. Very few countries use something else for the time period for minimum wage.

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        25 days ago

        Looks like you’re right. Canada, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Germany, France and Australia seem to be the only ones after a quick search. I never knew that

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          I’m not sure which is a better system. Could you pay someone pennies daily and then give them a bigger paycheck at the end of the month to meet the minimum?

          Or is it effectively the same system in action but with an additional minimum monthly pay?