Shehu Sani Pleads With State Governors To Pay N30,000 As New Minimum Wage

The Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani has backed the protest by labour unions in Nigeria over new minimum wage.

Naija News understands that Sani in a post on his Twitter page urged state governors willing to pay N22,500 as new wage to add the balance of ₦7,500 to meet the demands of the workers.

NLC’s nationwide mass protest is commendable.Those who can pay 22k as minimum wage should just add 8k to make it 30k.Nigeria’s economy can sustain it.The struggle must continue.I will add a strong voice of solidarity to this on the floor of the senate.

— Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) October 31, 2018

According to him, Nigeria’s economy can sustain N30,000 minimum wage.

The Kaduna lawmaker wrote: “NLC’s nationwide mass protest is commendable. Those who can pay N22,000 as minimum wage should just add ₦8,000 to make it N30,000. Nigeria’s economy can sustain it.“The struggle must continue. I will add a strong voice of solidarity to this on the floor of the Senate.”

This is coming after the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Tuesday agreed to pay a national minimum wage of N22,500, a proposal already rejected by labour leaders in the country as they hold out for N30,000.

We don't need minimum wage to be increased.
We only need
1. Fuel back to N60
2. Bag of rice back to 5k
3. 24hours light
4. Security.
5. Quality Education
6. Removal of immunity for people like you.

I can go on and on why we don't need minimum wage, it's just political

— 🇳🇬FaceFears🇬🇭 (@yayraesq) October 31, 2018