Worker's Day: Tinubu Promises Beyond "Minimum Wages" for Civil Servants, Reveals What to Expect
- The president-elect, Bola Tinubu, has promised to give Nigeria workers a "living wage" and "decent life"
- The former governor of Lagos state said this while addressing the outcry of the workers on the current minimum wage
- According to him, in Nigeria that he will begin to lead on May 29, Nigerian Labour will have more than a minimum wage
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FCT, Abuja - Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has addressed the workers' outcry over the current national minimum wage pegged at N30,000.
According to Channels Television, the former governor of Lagos state promised the Nigerian workers a “living wage” that would give them a “decent life”.
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Tinubu, in his message to the workers on his Twitter and Facebook pages, commemorated the workers on May Day on Monday, May 1.
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He said:
“In the Nigeria I shall have the honour and privilege to lead from May 29, workers will have more than a minimum wage.”
In his message to the workers, the president-elect said:
“You will have a living wage to have a decent life and provide for your families.”
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He further maintained that the Labours' fight would be his fight because he would always be on the side of the workers.
According to Tinubu, the country currently have a common battle to wage, and it must be won in oneness, and that the fight, he added, is ignorance, disunity, poverty, ethnic and religious hate, disease, and all negative forces that are working against the prosperity and stability of Nigeria.
The president-elect noted that May 1 is not just to commemorate the workers but to celebrate the workers' right to decent living, dignity, and decent wages.
"Come up with capable people on getting to office": Analyst tells Tinubu
Legit.ng earlier reported that the APC's Muslim-Muslim ticket had made it down on Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, to re-unite the country on getting to the office.
In uniting the country, the president-elect has been challenged to intelligent people into his cabinet and kick the ground running.
Okalawon Gaffar, a political commentator who spoke on the development, said the president-elect need to get right people into his cabinet and unite the country.
Source: Legit.ng
