Father Mbaka, a prominent religious leader in Nigeria, has accused the country’s leadership of provoking a crisis through their treatment of the poor masses, particularly concerning the issue of minimum wage according to a report from Sahara Reporters.
This comes amid a backdrop of economic turmoil and widespread dissatisfaction with living standards.
“If we decide to give labour N60,000 or N62,000, why not generalise it to the House of Assembly members, senatorial members, House of Representative members, and governors?” the cleric said.
“All of them are civil servants, are they not?”
Mbaka lamented that governors and lawmakers are amassing billions of naira as “sitting allowance, wardrobe allowance, newspaper allowance, and suffering allowance”.
“What is actually happening is the inhumanity of man to man, let us tell the truth. God is not happy with what is happening to the poor masses of Nigeria. The leaders are provoking crisis in nigeria over treatment of poor masses and they may not be able to carry when the thing comes.”
The Nigerian government’s failure to negotiate a new minimum wage has led to a series of strikes by labor unions, which have significantly disrupted daily life and services. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have been at the forefront of these strikes, demanding a substantial increase in the minimum wage to reflect the soaring cost of living.
The current minimum wage stands at about $20 per month, which unions argue is insufficient to meet the basic needs of workers in the face of rampant inflation and the removal of fuel subsidies. The government’s offer to double the wage to $40 has been met with resistance, with unions pushing for a minimum monthly wage of nearly $336….Sée Móre
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