Author: Danjuma Amodu

AS Nigeria commemorates Workers’ Day on May 1, millions of civil servants remain trapped in a painful cycle of “salary to waiting for next salary”, weighed down by debt from loan apps, family borrowings, and a cost of living that has outpaced every adjustment to the minimum wage. “We are not living; we are surviving,” said a Grade Level 08 officer in the Federal Ministry of Education. “By the 10th of every month, I’m already borrowing from loan apps to feed my children. My salary finishes before I touch it. We are patriotic. We report to work daily. But our…