Father Mbaka Says Minimum Wage Should Reflect on Politicians' Salary

Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministries Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), states that the federal government's planned N62,000 minimum salary should be extended to governors and Nigerian parliamentarians in the Senate and House of Representatives.

 Worried by the hardship endured by Nigerians and the continuing debate for a living minimum wage, the Cleric, while speaking to journalists on Saturday, June 8, 
said;

“If we give labor N60,000 or N62,000, why not generalize it to the House of Assembly members, senatorial members, House of Representative members, and governors? They are all civil servants, so are the others slaves? I can’t understand why they are amazing billions as sitting allowance, wardrobe allowance, newspaper allowance, and suffering allowance.

The people that should have such allowances are those suffering in the village. How much are our teachers, nurses, and doctors being paid? Let’s be realistic, our civil servants that wake early and return late daily, how much are they being paid?

Looking at the level of inflation in the country, you will see that we are not sincere. I’m pleading with the government that a stitch in time saves nine; this situation must be handled with care because it might be hijacked and nobody knows the ripple effect.”