N132bn 'frivolous' allocation in 2024 budget can pay over 55,083 workers N100k minimum wage - BudgIT

N132bn ‘frivolous’ allocation in 2024 budget can pay over 55,083 workers N100k minimum wage – BudgIT

Labour rejects FG’s N60,000 minimum wage offer

Civic-tech organization, BudgIT disclosed Tuesday that up to N132 billion were budgeted for frivolities in the 2024 budget, funds that could be used to pay 55,083 workers a minimum wage of N100,000 monthly for two years. Tagging it "Opportunity Cost of Frivolities in the 2024 Budget", the organ

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