Nigerian workers have been adjudged as the worst remunerated among the top 10 global oil producers and members of the global cartel known as the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec).

As much as N30 billion may have been paid by banks through their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) within the first four days of the protests over the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government, BusinessWorld Intelligence can now reveal.

There are indications that some of the nationalised banks are currently discussing some business deals that are wasteful and would not add to their bottom line on the long run.