Tinubu, Shettima, Akpabio, Others Should Cut Salaries & Allowances and take minimum wage too – NLC
The organised labour unions have asked the public office holders including the president, Bola Tinubu, his vice Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio and others to cut their salaries and entitlements so as to save enough for the workers.
Both NLC and TUC have been negotiating with the federal government over a new minimum wage, which Tinubu yesterday said that it’s with the federal lawmakers so as to pass it into the law.
Mr. Benson Upah, the spokesperson for the Nigeria Labour Congress, said that since it’s about sacrifice, it shouldn’t be labour alone. So, there should be a holistic view right from the president and other public office holders.
He said, “All the government needs to do is to ensure that it pays a realistic national minimum wage. And this is to cut the high cost of governance. It is to reduce corruption and prioritise the welfare of workers.
“The government should take a holistic view of sacrifice, right from the president and every political holder, there should be manifest sacrifice by way of reduction in their wages and entitlements.”
“For too long the poor and the underprivileged have had the burden of sacrifice. It is time for the rich and powerful to bear this burden (of sacrifice),” he added.
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