I spend one-fifth of my salary on water- professor cries out.

I spend one-fifth of my salary on water monthly, Law Professor cries outA Professor of Law at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Joy Ezeilo, has lamented that it costs her up to one-fifth of her salary to buy water for her compound monthly.Ezeilo revealed this on her X handle on Saturday, February 17, adding that the N1m proposed minimum wage by the Nigeria Labour Congress “is not a laughing matter to be dismissed by wave of hand.”She wrote: “The fast depreciating purchasing power of my hard-earned salary, the devalued Naira, and the creeping inflation:

I just discovered by purchasing water today that my monthly salary can only pay for a limited quantity of water supply.”I spent N40,000 for a water tanker one trip load (about 2,800 gallons) this evening in Enugu.“Talk about price fixing. We bought previously the first week of February for 35k. Of course, the driver said the cost of diesel drives the price. The ultimate buyer bears the brunt. “We need at least two tankers for one month at 80k, which would have taken one-fifth of my professorial cadre salary in a Federal University.

At this rate, just water without food, electricity, transportation, generator fueling, house rent, school fees, health care, etc., one can see that the One Million Naira being proposed as minimum wage by the Labour Union is not a laughing matter to be dismissed by wave of hand. “It increasingly appears either realistic or may need to be more. Which way, Nigeria? I can only hum Sonny Okosun’s (1984 – Which Way Nigeria) and Majek Fashek’s (Send Down the Rain!) songs as I silently pray for reprieve and an urgent economic solution so Nigerians can breathe well.”