N30,000 minimum wage a joke – Oshiomhole

Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole has described the
current N30,000 minimum wage as a joke.

Oshiomhole said the pay package of workers should increase
in the face of the current reality with prices of things skyrocketing.

Speaking on Channels Televison’s Politics Today, the
lawmaker said the Nigerian workers and the Federal Government, and state
governments have agreed on the need to increase the minimum wage.

He said, “I think there is some unanimity between employers,
including private employers and obviously the Federal Government and I believe
state governments that the current minimum wage of 30,000 is a joke.

“There is a recognition of the fact that the purchasing
power of the workers across the board including directors, permanent
secretaries not to talk of those on levels one to four, has dropped radically
and you need to beef it up.