The African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has advocated for N500,000 monthly salary for Nigerian workers.
Sowore made this assertion in a statement posted on his
verified X handle on Friday.
The human rights activist charged Nigerians to vote for
leaders who genuinely want the betterment of Nigerian workers, not those who
have consistently treated workers as enemies.
His remark stems from the N500,000 new minimum wage demand
by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC.
Both unions made the demand at the Nigeria Rights of Workers
Summit held on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi, the capital of Kebbi State.
Reacting, Sowore said, “Oh finally! It is encouraging that the leadership of the
NLC and TUC have finally arrived at the same position the African Action
Congress adopted long ago.
“Nigerian workers deserve a national minimum wage of no less
than N500,000. The demand is both necessary and long overdue in the face of the
country’s economic realities and soaring cost of living.
“Now that there is consensus, the focus must shift from
declarations to action. Let’s unite and fight until Nigerian workers receive a
living wage of at least N500,000.”
The current minimum wage for Nigerian workers is N70,000.
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