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Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president, and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential contender blasted the N30,000 minimum salary as inadequate for the typical Nigerian worker yesterday.
In a statement to honor International Workers Day, which was observed on May 1, Atiku urged Nigerian workers not to give up hope but to remain optimistic.
The current minimum wage in Nigeria, N30,000, cannot even cover a worker's several energy bills or a full bag of rice, let alone clothing. The ordinary Nigerian worker is now far poorer than they were in 2015, when the APC took office, as a result of severe socioeconomic constriction caused by hyperinflation in all areas of our country, Atiku added.
Given the numerous socio-economic hardships they have faced over the last eight years, Atiku suggested that employees use Worker's Day in 2023 as an opportunity for "serious reflection and stock-taking."
The lives and welfare of workers and their families, according to the former vice president, have been reduced to the "abyss of mere existence due to the litany of policy errors by the ruling APC government that created insecurity in all aspects of workers' lives, including food, shelter, health, wealth, and education."
