Atiku Abubakar criticises Nigeria’s N70,000 minimum wage, arguing that rising fuel prices make the pay inadequate. He says the wage can only buy about 50 litres of petrol, based on a stated pump price of roughly N1,400 per litre.
Atiku presents the claim as evidence that living costs are outpacing workers’ income, and he calls for a substantial increase in wages. The outlets report that he makes the remarks in a statement released through his spokesperson and links the affordability issue specifically to fuel pricing. While both sources focus on the same calculation and criticism, they primarily differ in how they frame the broader political context, with one describing the complaint as part of wider hardship under President Bola Tinubu’s administration and the other centring on the minimum wage’s purchasing power.
