Omenma J. Tochukwu

Wage, Productivity, and Living Conditions of Workers in Nigeria: a Study of Junior Staff of University of Nigeria, Nigeria Omenma J. Tochukwu

Scholars have paid considerable attention to the frequency of strikes among Nigerian workers, most of the literature identifies poor working conditions and poor remunerations as factors. But very few of these studies have been so detailed to highlight on what constitutes a poor wage in a developing economy, as Nigeria; to document the gross monthly earnings plus fringe benefits of university workers; obtain the real market prices of the major stable foods consume by Nigerians; and the cost of household utilities. These evidence were generated, and were not only used to measure wage (poor or standard) and the deteriorating living conditions of workers, but also the poverty of workers and the effect of poor wage on workers'roductivity, among Junior staff of Universities in Nigeria. The background question when determining the productivity of workers is: How much can a working poor offer? Students and Teachers,at all stratum will find the book very useful, so will labour unions,administrators,researchers, Non-Governmental Organizations,and International Labour Organization who may have the need to know the wage statistic and reasons for incessant strikes in Nigerian Universities.