• Etukudoh demands living wage, better working conditions for civil servants
Sunday Aborisade in Abuja
A retiring senior pension officer in the Federal Civil Service, Mrs. Maria Nkereuwem Etukudoh, has warned that the current minimum wage is inadequate to sustain Nigerian workers amid rising costs of living, calling on the Federal Government to urgently introduce a living wage that reflects prevailing economic realities.
Etukudoh, who retired after 25 years in the Federal Civil Service, including her tenure as Head of the Pension Unit at the Federal Ministry of Finance, said soaring costs of fuel, transportation, food, housing and other essential commodities had significantly eroded the purchasing power of civil servants.
Speaking at a retirement reception held in her honour in Abuja Sunday, she said the gap between workers’ earnings and the cost of living had become so wide that even her salary could barely meet basic transportation needs.
