By Babatunde Solanke
Following the hardships currently being faced by Nigerians as a result of petroleum subsidy removal, the ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) and Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) have called on the federal government to review the minimum wage N100, 000 per month .
They made the call on Tuesday in Abuja at a joint media conference on the state of the nation.
The Lead Director of CSJ, Barrister Eze Onyekpere and AAN Country Director, Ene Obi, stated that the proposed cash transfers to the poorest of the poor on the National Social Register (NSR) is not a bad idea provided the funds are not from borrowed money but from savings.
Onyekpere ,who read the statement of the meeting, said the federal government should engage the organised labour, the private sector, professionals and women groups to fashion out programmes that would cushion the hardship being faced by Nigerians especially in respect to transportation, agriculture and health.