Nigerians searched frantically on Google last week for a new minimum wage, envisaged to be announced by the Federal Government on Workers’ Day.
According to the spokesman of Google, Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, hundreds of Nigerians took to Google to get information on a long-envisaged new minimum wage.
Kola-Ogunlade, who is Google’s Communications and Public Affairs Manager for Anglophone West Africa, made the disclosure in Lagos on Thursday.
He said that in the week under review, terms ranging from assurance on a new minimum wage, to a viral video of monarchs supposedly embarrassing each other and marriage troubles, trended on Google Nigeria search.
Kola-Ogunlade recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had assured Nigerian workers speedy passage of a new national minimum wage.
“President Buhari, marking Workers Day on May 1, 2017, said that he is happy to announce that government will give expeditious consideration to the proposal contained in the technical committee’s report, which was submitted to it on April 6, 2017.
“The proposal details the setting up of the new national minimum wage committee and the needed palliatives.
“Workers searched Google for ‘Workers’ Day Message’, Happy Workers’ Day Images, Workers’ Day Wishes, Workers’ Day in U.S.A and Workers’ Day SMS.”
The spokesman said the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, also featured on Google search.
Kola-Ogunlade said that Google search was flooded for a video of the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, refusing to shake the hand of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi.
Actress Mercy Aigbe’s seven-year-old marriage to hotelier Lanre Gentry also featured top on Google search.
Google Trends, launched in May, 2006, allows one to see how popular search terms and their demography have been overtime on Google.