Photo: The Former Media Aide, Reno Omokri and President Bola Tinubu.
The former media aide to ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Mr Reno Omokri, has called on federal government to increase new minimum to N75,000.00.
Omokri took to his official social media (X) handle to make this known following the ongoing nationwide industrial action currently embark on by the Organised Labour in order to press home their demand for new minimum wage for nigerian workers.
Omokri opined that, federal government should increase their offer to at least N75,000.
Omokri said, “In my opinion, the Federal Government should increase their offer to at least ₦75,000. I understand that the Organised Private Sector says they can only pay ₦60,000 a minimum wage, but let them bend over backwards. If they make that offer and the Nigerian Labour Congress still insists on their unrealistic ₦494,000, then Nigerians will see that the government have done their best and the NLC is only playing political games, and will shift their support away from the NLC.
“If a level 1 civil servant will earn ₦494,000, then how much will those in higher levels earn? Will that not bankrupt Nigeria? Let us think this through. More money without more production is equal to more problems.
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According to Omokri, the N75,000 should not be fixed, and should be adjusted every two years because of inflation
“And, the ₦75,000 should not be fixed. It should be adjusted every two years to take into account inflation. If not, we will be in the same place in two years, and the cycle will continue.” Said, Reno Omokri.
He said further, “Patriotic elements within the NLC should use their influence to get Labour to see reason. ₦494,000 is unreasonable. They know it. You know it. I know it!”
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