N70,000 Transport Allowance Won’t End Workers’ Hardship, Says Kaduna NLC

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Kaduna State Council, has said the federal government’s N70,000 monthly transport allowance will provide only temporary relief to workers.
The state chairman of the NLC, Comrade Ayuba Magaji Suleiman, said workers were still struggling to meet basic household needs amid rising food prices, transportation costs and other essential expenses.
Suleiman, who spoke in an interview with LEADERSHIP, described the transport allowance as a welcome intervention but said the rising cost of goods and services had continued to erode the benefits of salary increases.
He explained that the N170,000 represents the combined value of three payments: the N70,000 national ...