New minimum wage: APC senator makes case for Nigerian workers, sends message to Tinubu

  • Senator Adams Oshiomhole has reacted differently to the call for the new minimum wage of N615,000 as demanded by the leadership of the organised labour
  • On the occasion of the International Workers’ Day on Wednesday, May 1, Oshiomhole said there is a need for the government and private employers to increase workers’ wages following the current economic realities in the country
  • The former governor of Edo state and NLC boss said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government and the Nigerian workers are in “agreement on the increment of the minimum wage”

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

The Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, said there has been a mutual agreement between the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the federal government led by the President that there is an urgent need to increase the minimum wage.