…says N70,000 Minimum Wage ‘Economic Enslavement’
…. Federal Government should tackle security challenges head-on
The National President of the Nigeria Civil Service Union, Comrade Oluwole Adeleye Sunday, has advocated for N1 million Naira as the minimum wage, considering the pauperish condition of workers in Nigeria as a result of harsh economic situations.
The National President recently made this assertion during the 81st National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Union held at the Green Minds Hotel, Utako, in Abuja Federal Capital Territory.
According to him, the precarious situations in the country require absolute attention from the Federal government to address the present economic predicament. According to him, the current economic realities have eroded and rendered valueless the N70,000 minimum wage; the purchasing power of Nigerian workers and the entire populace has drifted to zero level.
Illustrating the economic value of N70,000, Comrade Oluwole Adeleye Sunday said that the N70,000 minimum wage translates to N2,333 per day and N483 Naira per person, per day, for a family of five people in Nigeria, which is absolutely economic enslavement.
According to Comrade Oluwole Adeleye Sunday, who is also the National Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, the Organised Labour Movement in Nigeria has resolved to begin appropriate engagement with the Federal Government on the urgent need to review upward the current minimum wage, which is no longer tenable.
It is a known fact that the removal of subsidies on petroleum and electricity has further impoverished Nigerians in all economic ramifications because this is an initial area where the Federal Government was performing social responsibility roles, but since its removal, Nigerians have been battling for economic survival. In the subsidies removal theory (fuel and electricity), where are the funds saved, as claimed by the Federal Government?
On the security situation in the country, the National President of NCSU challenged the Federal government and security agencies to re-strategize and pump more money into security agencies so as to enable them to work without any despair.
He further opined that security is the work of all and sundry, but most importantly, any bad eggs among the security architecture should be tracked and shown the way out of the system, and erring officers should face the music.
Comrade Oluwole Adeleye Sunday admonished President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to be distracted by the 2027 political survival, rather, the federal government should focus on how best to sail Nigeria out of the present economic doldrum.
Part of the highlights of the NCSU 81st NEC meeting decisions were the appointment of the substantive General Secretary, in the person of Comrade Olowoyo Gbenga, for the Nigeria Civil Service Union, approval for the promotion of 84 staff of the Union to their next appropriate Grade levels, payment of the National minimum wage to all staff of the Union, and other major impactful policy decisions on the Union.
