Comrade Timi Frank, a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Organized Labour to reject any offer lesser than ₦250,000 as the minimum wage.
In a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, Frank accused the President Bola Tinubu-led administration of double standards in the fixing of salaries, saying what is good for judicial office holders is good for Nigerian workers.
He queried the passage of the bill increasing the salaries and allowances of the Judicial Officers within a short period of time, and why the same can not be done for the Nigerian Workers.
“How can you increase the salary of an arm of government that is already earning a humongous salary by 300 per cent and add peanuts to the paltry N30,000 that workers have been compelled to live with in this country as minimum wage in the last five years?” he noted.
“Why did the President send an Executive Bill to the National Assembly to effect a 300 per cent upward review in the salaries of judicial office holders but set up a tripartite committee to negotiate a “starvation wage” (apologies to NLC President Joe Ajaero) for suffering Nigerian workers instead of a “living wage” he promised them on assumption of office in May last year?”
“Any amount below ₦250,000.00 cannot be considered a decent wage for Nigerian workers considering the present socio-economic hardship in the country.”
He, therefore, urged the Organized Labour to be resolute in their fight and demand for a good living wage, given the economic situation of the country.
He also called on the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary to slash their salaries and allowances to accommodate the Nigerian Worker who can barely feed.
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