Following the removal of fuel subsidy, the Presidency has said the salaries of civil servants would be doubled.
President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said the president wants to double the salaries of civil servants.
Ngelale said the increment is a measure to cushion the effect of the subsidy removal.
Featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Ngelale said: “I don’t want to preempt the president or the work of the minimum wage committee that is getting it down in those states.
“But what I would say is this: the president will want nothing less than a doubling. I mean doubling the current minimum wage.
“As of June, 36 states had received N300 billion more than they had received in any previous month in the last two years. They already have more money right now.”
Ngelale said the Federal Government was aware of the difficulties facing Nigerians in the face of economic hardship in the country.