ナイジェリアは公務員給与を25%～35%増やす意向

　これにより、最も低い給与水準でも年間$324ほどになるとの事。

BBC Nigeria Workers' Day: Civil servants get pay rises up to 35% 4 hours ago
By Wycliffe Muia

　とにかく、もうずいぶん長い間インフレに悩まされたのであって、いっそ勤務日を減らしちゃえという無茶をするほどだった。給与増額はどうしても必要だったのだ。

「Nigeria has raised salaries for civil servants by between 25% and 35% amid to help them cope with the rising cost of living.

The lowest-paid government employee will now earn $324 (£258) a year, Reuters news agency reports.

Police and military officers are among state workers who are set to benefit from the pay rises, which will be backdated to January.

The announcement came on the eve of Wednesday's Workers' Day holiday.」

　しかも1月に遡って出すという。ああ、だいぶ助かるだろうなあ。しかし

「However, the rate of inflation is currently more than 30% - the highest figure in nearly three decades.」

　ここ最近のインフレ率は30％以上。割と「焼け石に水」的な状況ではある。
　さらに食料品については35％だそうで―どうしても必要な増額だったわけだ…。

「The cost of food has risen even more - by 35%, according to the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics, so the pay rises mean that salaries for civil servants stay roughly the same in real terms - what it can buy in the shops and markets.

Pensions for those workers who benefit were also increased by between 20% and 28%, the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) said.」

　年金受給者たちも20%～28%の増額の恩恵に与る。
　こうしたインフレのきっかけは、ナイジェリア政府が燃料への補助金を止めてから―ということで。

「Food prices as well as the prices of goods and services have doubled in many parts of the country since the removal of a fuel subsidy last year.」

　…いえその。補助金を出し続ける財源に不足があったからこその判断でしょうけど、この間、どうもあれこれ支援して燃料費増大を抑え続けてきたらしい本邦の政府の努力と判断と国の財政基盤にはそりゃあ感心するのです。
　あとお願いだからナイジェリアはこれ以上悪化しないで。ふみとどまって。