Shehu Sani Slams FG’s N48,000 Minimum Wage Proposal as ‘Almajiri Offer’
Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has criticized the Federal Government’s proposed N48,000 minimum wage, calling it an “Almajiri offer.”
This proposal was made during a virtual tripartite committee meeting with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), both of which rejected the offer.
The labor representatives exited the meeting in protest.
A labor leader present at the meeting expressed disappointment with the government’s approach to providing a living wage for workers.
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“What the government has presented to us is a wage reduction. This government is not serious about giving workers a living wage,” the labour leader who did not want his name mentioned said.
During the May Day celebration, President Bola Tinubu had promised workers a living wage, assuring them that their days of waiting for a living wage were over.
NLC and TUC proposed N615,000 as minimum wage, citing the high cost of living as the yardstick for the proposal.
During Wednesday’s meeting, the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, which had earlier declared that the least paid worker in the private sector was N78,000, presented N54,000 as the new minimum wage.
Reacting, Sani posted on X: “48k minimum wage is an Almajiri offer to Labour; but quarter moi moi is better than none.”
