Today is "workers' day" in Nigeria. What may not be obvious to many is the level of decline in the purchasing power of this class of people in our country. Nigerian workers have seen a decline in their purchasing power, up to 90% in the last ten years under the current party that promised so much and delivered so little... What N100k will buy in 2015 is worth N1 million today. Check the price of petrol, egg, bread, rice, fish, tomatoes, garri, used car, cement, clothing, coke, beer, flight, etc, they have all gone up by almost 900%. During the same ten-year period, revenue accruing to the purse of the Federal government has increased because of increased IGR, and foreign exports; naira has also been devalued by as much as 90% since then, when you compare an exchange rate of N165 to $1 in 2015 to now N1600. Most Nigerians spend naira, not dollars. If revenue converted to naira has increased by almost 900% for the government, they should at least increase salaries by 200 t...