Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra state has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to avoid the thought of approving a minimum wage termed as “unsustainable” for workers the country.
He spoke on Wednesday at a special edition of The Platform, an event organized by The Covenant Nation.
He warned that not all state governments and the Organised Private Sector can pay the ₦62,000 being proposed by the Federal Government and the ₦250,000 demand of the Organised Labour.
“The minimum wage thing, everybody is right. The worker is right to say, ‘What am I getting?’ Nobody is asking what does a worker do? We are not asking that question yet. All we are saying is: ‘How much does he need?’ He (the worker) is right, and for me, even if we pay ₦1 million, it’s not enough,” he said.
“But on the other hand, you have to come back to reality; talking about these MSMEs, the schools, churches, so on and so forth. You will have to pay your own driver. We are all in it. Whatever they agree, we will muddle through but may be after one year, we will need to meet to discuss the consequences.”
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