Subsidy removal: Tinubu ‘ready to double minimum wage’ – Ajuri Ngelale

Ajuri Ngelale, the media and publicity advisor to President Bola Tinubu, has hinted during a Thursday night interview on Channels Television that his principal aims to increase the current minimum wage by two-fold.

He also pointed out that the Nigerian government is aware that the elimination of petrol subsidy is causing difficulties for the citizens.

According to him; “It’s absolutely evident at this point and I do not want to preempt President Bola Tinubu.

“And I also don’t want to preempt the work of the minimum wage review committee. But what I will say is this, it is evident that the president would want nothing less than a doubling and I say nothing less.

“This means you’re looking at a basic minimum of a doubling of the current minimum wage,” Ngelale said.