Nigerians spend 40% of minimum wage to cook a pot of jollof rice

    Chinwe Michael | Editor’s picks | Jul 24, 2025    
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James Nuwan, a cleaner in a federal government parastatal in Benue, earns N70,000 monthly. His salary is exactly the nation’s minimum wage and cannot even get him a bag of rice.

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