‘Increase wages of domestic workers to cushion harsh economy’

Founder of a social enterprise platform, Coralworker.com, Chinenye Ogbonnaya has urged all employers of domestic workers to increase their wages so that it would enable them to cope with the harsh economy in the country. Speaking  in Abuja when the organization presented an award to the Managing Director, TILT Group/Habeeb Okunola foundation, Alh. Habeeb Okunola, […]

Founder of a social enterprise platform, Coralworker.com, Chinenye Ogbonnaya has urged all employers of domestic workers to increase their wages so that it would enable them to cope with the harsh economy in the country.

Speaking  in Abuja when the organization presented an award to the Managing Director, TILT Group/Habeeb Okunola foundation, Alh. Habeeb Okunola, she said most domestic workers find it hard to afford basic needs such as food, transportation amongst others due to the inflation in the country and the poor wages they get.

She lamented that some households or organisations  pay domestic workers stipends of 10 to 15 thousand naira hence, making it difficult to cope with the average living cost.

Ogbonnaya said the organization aims to join the present administration in lifting 100 million people out of poverty as it’s mandate was to go into the grassroot, pick people who are ready to do domestic jobs, train them for the jobs and get them jobs.

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She said when organisations or households employ workers through Coralworker platform “the benchmark that you are required to be paid, irrespective of your age, is a minimum of N40,000 to N50,000.” 

She said the platform was across all the states of the country as they hope to access people from the 774 local governments of the country.