The various changes in government policies have continued to tell on Nigerians especially the recent increase in fuel pump prices across the country.

This year alone, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has adjusted petrol pump prices upwards twice from N617 to N855, N950 in Lagos state (depending on the fuel station) and above N1,000 in other states within two weeks in September.

Despite these changes, which have tremendously affected market prices and the cost of transportation, Nigerians have devised various means of survival.

But the recent increase has not gone down well with some Nigerian workers’ Economy & Lifestyle discovered.

This has made them resort to resigning from their jobs or sleeping in their workplace to cut costs as they can no longer meet up with the increased cost of transportation which is digging deep into their salaries.

Mr. Dotun Owoyemi, who works on the Island and receives a five-figure Salary lamented: “I live on the mainland and work on the Island.
“Before now, I spent N800 to and fro my workplace.
“Now, I spend N2,500 to N3,000 daily.
“Those commercial bus drivers are not helping matters at all either.

“A destination of N200 fare, they increased it to N500. That of N100 to N300.

“I earn just a five-figure salary and spend almost half of my monthly salary on transportation alone.

“This is not funny at all. I had to resign from work because this N70,000 minimum wage is not functioning in all private organizations truth be told.

“This fuel price increase pays a few people not salary earners.

“If you visit the market today, you will marvel at the negative effect of this new policy on the prices of goods.

“Many businesses have tagged the cost of fuel to the recent increase in the price of goods and services.

“I am still looking for a job on the mainland that is close to my house and will spend less transport fare compared to my previous workplace.”

Miss. Sandra Douglas said: ”I’ve resigned already. I live around Elelonwo in Port Harcourt and was working at King Perekule, GRA. I spent N52,000 for transportation in a month for a job whose salary was not up to N100,000.

“I was working but couldn’t feed myself.”

For Mrs. Dorcas Chukwuma, a midwife who works in Marina, “I worked as a midwife in one of the private hospitals in Marina but resigned recently due to the high cost of transportation.
“I was not the only one in my workplace that resigned.
“There were four of us.

“Living on the mainland and working on the Island is not easy at all, especially now that the cost of transportation has tripled.

“The cost of food and services has also followed.

“I just had to source for another hospital on the mainland where I can work and spend less transport fare instead of spending all my salaries on transportation just to work on the Island.

“It is a pity that the government when introducing policies doesn’t consider the masses.
“This fuel price increase has introduced more poverty in the country.

“We were complaining that people are suffering, now husband’s will no longer go home to their family daily because they have to cut costs, young and old will have to come out of their houses to beg because those relatives giving them can hardly fend for themselves.

“We don’t even know our destination as a country anymore.
“Our government has failed us.”

Apart from resigning from jobs, Mr. Tunde Ayeni, who works in Lekki said he now sleeps in the office during the week and returns home on Fridays to cut transportation costs.
“I work in Lekki and live in Abule Ado. Within two weeks of the increased fuel price, my transportation fare grew from N2,000 a day to N4,000.

“I don’t receive up to N100,000 salary in a month.

“So I started sleeping in the office on weekdays and going back home on weekends.
“It is so ridiculous because these private companies are also struggling to survive and cannot increase salaries.

“If private companies implement the so-called N70,000 minimum wage, many employees will lose their jobs.

“Except for companies that are resilient to all the effects of these economic policies which I doubt are in existence.”

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There's no use continuing with a job that can't take care of your basic needs.

It shall never be well with Tinubu, the APC and their supporters

Musical Tinubulation on the beat 💓 🎶

It gonna go round...just be patient..e go reach ya turn

We told you so

The most pitiful part is some people believing that any of this hardship is necessary, or that the country is headed in the right direction.

T pain on the beat

This is what encourages mass corruption

Nigeria and Nigerians are bleeding to death without rescue.

Month has ended today

Many will resign

Thanks to Cardoso

Thanks to Tinubu

Nigeria entered once chance in may 29, 2015. WE MAY NEVER RECOVER

I am just curious, resign to do what?

May God strengthen and help non APC members and non APC voters in this self propelled mutually assured destruction by APC failed government.

Who else saw this coming. Bulk of people now sleep in offices in Lagos Island because of high cost of transportation.

Some companies can't fund operations like powering offices during power outage because they can't even buy fuel in jerrycan and even when they buy , it is very expensive and won't last long

The consequences of voting a criminal bent on criminal state capture with no record of visible achievements in the past apart from the senseless rhetorics of emilokan.

There is no future in this administration,well let's see what T_pain will announce as the PMS price tomorrow.....the man is just a bonafide error for Nigeria.....there is no light at the end of this tunnel

T pain

Ofunaofu:
It shall never be well with Tinubu, the APC and their supporters

Curses dont work
Waste of Energy and Emotions

There are 100000 other ways to react to this but this very ineffective curses isnt one of them

You prolly believe prayer can change the state of the Nation too

Africans sure have double digit IQ points

CyrusVI:


Curses dont work
Waste of Energy and Emotions

There are 100000 other ways to react to this but this very ineffective curses isnt one of them

You prolly believe prayer can change the state of the Nation too

Africans sure have double digit IQ points

101% agreed

Imagine what would've taken 20 years to increase, done in 1 year
10,000 from Lagos to Warri, is now 40k Tinubu government policies is will have a special place in history

Ronu are pleased

tutudesz:
Imagine what would've taken 20 years to achieve, done in 1 year
10,000 from Lagos to Warri, is now 40k Tinubu government policies is will have a special place in history

Are you serious

You people are asking for too much from tinubu,he can’t give what he doesn’t have

id4sho:

Are you serious

Yeah

Nawa o

Damnnn niggar

The issue is becoming too much


Price of food and everything is up

Even if your salary is 500k today

You can't live welll

I just laughed at one of my cousins who works with a government parastatal today that 40k was added to their salary from ippis

I just laughed.....imagine 40k....40k way nor fit put 20 bottles of Heineken for table

Same 40k i use in playing sportybet

Resign to work ?


Abi just resign and sleeping at home

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KRAZY AND STUPID PEOPLE NEVER DEVELOPED ANYTHING CALLED COUNTRY

It's really bad out there. A friend was lamenting to me on how he spends about 85k monthly on just transportation. And his monthly pay is 150k. How is he suppose to save money?

Most people would rather prefer to suffer in silence than to voice out because their tribesmen are in power. E go better.

As one person is resigning from his/her job,over more than 20 people are queuing and waiting to accept that the same job,even for a lesser pay . So,who lost?

It means their effort can fetch thwm more money if they change approach and restrategize. Thats personal restructuring.