By Seyi Babalola
Ayodele Olorunfemi, the Labour Party’s (LP) gubernatorial candidate in Ondo State, has promised to pay the N120,000 minimum wage if won in the off-cycle election on November 16.
Olorunfemi stated that there is a need to pay a minimum wage that matches contemporary economic realities, since the cost of living has risen dramatically.
Speaking to Newsmen, he stated: “As of 2023, when we were campaigning, we guaranteed our people that LP would pay a minimum of the N80,000 minimum salary in Ondo; that was before the economy got to where it is now.
“With the situation in the market now, looking at the cost of living, if this state is put under our control, we shall not pay anything less than N120,000 as the minimum wage.
“That is the minimum we can pay, and we believe we will be able to afford it.
“The fact that I know is that what we have now can pay the minimum wage.
“We want our workers to be productive so that more wealth can come to the state.”