Atiku calls for higher minimum wage, promises review from first day in office
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently increase Nigeria’s N70,000 minimum wage, saying that rising fuel, transport, food and housing costs have eroded workers’ purchasing power.
The former vice president said the current minimum wage was no longer sufficient to meet the basic needs of Nigerian workers, particularly amid renewed increases in petrol prices..
In September 2025, the Nigeria Labour Congress and federal workers called for a review of the wage, citing rising food, transport, housing and other living costs.
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