Employee’s Demand For Remote Work As Fuel Prices Skyrockets.
Following last week’s adjustment of the pump price of a litre of fuel from an average of N191 per litre to N526.7 per litre due to subsidy termination, the cost of commuting within cities on commercial transportation across the country has more than doubled.
In Lagos, the country’s commercial center, a N100 voyage has been doubled to N200; a N200 or N300 journey has been boosted to N500, while a N500 journey has been set at N800 or N1,000 in some situations.
The significant increase in pricing is fueling an increase in remote
As employees struggle to adjust to the sudden spike in prices, companies are increasingly requesting remote work.
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“Then, for staff and other Nigerians, locally assembled mass transit is made available.” “We must concentrate on gasoline-powered vehicles,” he added. “Let the money go toward data, so that work and meetings are focused on completing targeted, productive tasks.”
Employee’s have been negatively impacted by the country’s increasing inflation, with inflation in April reaching 22.22 percent, considerably surpassing wage growth, according to National Bureau of Statistics data.
At the present pump price, 40 liters of fuel will cost a minimum wage person N30,000, or two-thirds of his income. This is the case This is the situation for many Nigerians, as the increase in fuel prices means they are spending a large portion of their income on transportation and fuel.
To make things easier for Employee’s, some governments are raising the minimum pay and decreasing working days to two or three, with civil servants expected to work from home the rest of the week.
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The Kwara State government ordered its employee’s to work physically three times every week this week. Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, also stated that workers can work from home twice a week and raised the state’s minimum pay to N40,000.
Aside from commercial bus drivers known as ‘danfo and Korope,’ drivers of ride-hailing services such as Uber, Rida, Bolt, Taxify and InDriver are not left out , as most of them have raised their per-trip fares to reflect present reality.
According to ride-hailing drivers, the increase in transportation fees has forced many of them out of business, as many clients have had to cancel their excursions or take commercial buses as a result of the steep increase in fares.
