Lagos State Government had ealier said it will engage
canteens locally known as Mama Put to feed between 1,000 to 1,500 residents
daily in each of the local government areas of the state.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State said this on
Thursday during a media chat, explaining that the move is part of measures to
cushion the impacts of the rising cost of living in the country which has
sparked protests in several cities.
Reacting to the development, Cabasa took to his social media
platform to encourage the governemnt to find the lasting to solutions to many
of these problems.
“Palliatives can’t be sustained but need at critical times
like this… But we must keep working to get a lasting solutions to ALL these
problems… Random tots,” he tweeted.
Earlier, Nigerian skit maker, Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Ejekwu
popularly known as Oga Sabinus had appealed to the federal government to
increase the current minimum wage.
In a video via his Instagram story, Sabinus wondered why the
minimum wage has not been increased — amid the current economic hardship in the
country.
Former President Muhammadu Buhari signed the minimum wage
act that approved N30,000 for both federal and state workers in 2019.
In January 2023, the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages
Commission (NSIWC) said it would start the process of reviewing the national
minimum wage.
Palliatives can’t be sustained but need at critical times like this… But we must keep working to get a lasting solutions to ALL these problems… Random tots
— IDcabasa (@Real_Idcabasa) February 23, 2024
However, there have been calls by organised labour for an
upward review of the minimum wage after May 29, 2023, when President Bola
Tinubu announced the removal of the petrol subsidy in his inauguration speech.
The development comes a few days after many celebrities
bemoaned the worsening economic hardship in the country.
Many lamented that the economic crunch is biting so hard
that even the rich are complaining.