By Seun Opejobi Former Military Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the N30,000 minimum wage...
By Seun Opejobi
Former Military Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has
expressed his dissatisfaction with the N30,000 minimum wage, stating that it is
unacceptable in the current reality in Nigeria.
Abdulsalami called on President Bola Tinubu to consider
increasing the minimum wage, as he believes that N30,000 cannot lead to
meaningful human development anywhere in the world.
The former Head of State spoke in Jalingo, the Taraba State
capital, Wednesday, when he delivered a speech at a maiden Peace, Unity and
Reconciliation Summit, organised by Taraba Independent Peace Committee.
Represented by Rev Fr Atah Bakindo, the head of secretariat
of Kukah Centre and National Peace Committee, he urged Nigerians to utilise the
resources within their areas to improve their standard of living.
“I want to plead with the Nigerian president that the
N30,000 national minimum wage cannot take Nigerians anywhere. It is not
acceptable anywhere in the world, and it cannot develop anybody; there is an
urgent need to increase wages for the betterment of our growth.
“I want to urge the people of Taraba State to reconcile
whatever kind of difference that created clashes and disunity. You cannot
harness any development if you are not in peace and unity. You are fortunate to
have the natural resources; peace and unity are the only bedrock of
development,” he said.
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