Former Military Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar has expressed his discontent with the N30,000 minimum wage, claiming it is unworkable in Nigeria today.
Abdulsalami urged President Bola Tinubu to raise the minimum wage because he feels that N30,000 cannot lead to real human growth anywhere in the world.
On Wednesday, the former Head of State made an address at the Taraba Independent Peace Committee’s inaugural Peace, Unity, and Reconciliation Summit in Jalingo, Taraba State.
Represented by Rev Fr Atah Bakindo, the head of the secretariat of the Kukah Centre and National Peace Committee, he urged Nigerians to utilise the resources within their areas to improve their standard of living.
“I want to plead with the Nigerian president that the N30,000 national minimum wage cannot take Nigerians anywhere. It is not acceptable anywhere in the world, and it cannot develop anybody; there is an urgent need to increase wages for the betterment of our growth.
“I want to urge the people of Taraba State to reconcile whatever kind of difference that created clashes and disunity. You cannot harness any development if you are not in peace and unity. You are fortunate to have the natural resources; peace and unity are the only bedrock of development,” he said.
