Tinubu's N70,000 transport subsidy might be ineffective – Rufai Oseni

Arise Television’s Morning Show anchor, Rufai Oseni has criticised the Federal Government’s introduced N70,000 transport subsidy for staff, saying the intervention can be inadequate to cowl commuting prices for presidency staff residing on the mainland and dealing on Lagos Island.

Oseni stated the inadequacy of the proposed subsidy turned obvious after a member of workers at his studio advised him he spent about N7,000 every day on transportation.

According to him, the employee’s month-to-month transport bills quantity to greater than twice Nigeria’s minimal wage.

In a submit on Facebook on Wednesday, Oseni argued that the N70,000 assist would solely cowl about half of the commuting bills of some staff in Lagos.

“I got talking to a member of staff at the studio yesterday, and he confirmed, he spends about 7k on transport every day.

“In a month, he spends twice the minimum wage on transport.

“Even the government transport subsidy of 70k will be ineffective for a government worker in Lagos that lives on the mainland and works on the island.

“It would just pay half of the cost of commuting,” he wrote.

DAILY POST experiences that the Federal Government on Tuesday introduced a N70,000 month-to-month transportation allowance for civil servants following the rising value of residing in Nigeria.