Buhari reassures
Labour of N30, 000
minimum wage
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured leaders of the
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) that his government will meet their N30, 000
minimum wage demand.
The President gave the assurance when the NLC leadership
visited him at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Buhari questioned what the opposition Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) did with the oil money when they were in power, reminding the NLC
that he had intervened when they made their demand for 30,000 Naira as minimum
wage, at a time when the nation was barely struggling to survive.
He also noted that the rail system was left undone and the
power sector was left unfixed despite the 16billion naira earmarked for these
projects.
The President described that expenditure made by the
previous government as unprecedented and irresponsible.
He said the present administration was saddled with dealing
with the ‘terrible mismanagement of the country’.
He acknowledged the pressure the union had faced in calling
for an increase in the minimum wage and thanked them for the support they gave
him during the elections.
On their own part, the NLC leaders congratulated President
Buhari on his election victory. Channels TV