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₦70,000. Nigeria's minimum wage.
It runs out before it gets anywhere.
Here's the full breakdown

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The NLC Lagos chapter now demands ₦225,000. Estimated living wage for Lagos: ₦180,000. Actual minimum wage: ₦70,000.

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Then there's transport. Danfo: ₦19,800–₦70,400/month depending on your route. The LSE & IGC found the average Lagosian spends 40% of income just getting to work.

Electricity. Band C: ₦30,000–₦34,000/month. Band A? Some bills hit ₦140,000, double the minimum wage.

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Rent in Lagos (low-cost Mainland): ₦30,000–₦50,000 That's 43–71% of the entire salary. Before food. Before transport. Before data.
Food for one person: ₦40,000–₦60,000/month (NBS) That's another 57–86%.
Rent + food = ₦70,000–₦110,000. The salary is already gone.

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Introducing datacifr (pronounced data-cypher).
We decode what Nigerians actually spend on: data, fuel, rice, rent, transport, fees, etc.
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