Adams Oshiomhole, the senator representing Edo North senatorial district, slammed the N30,000 monthly minimum pay as a “criminal wage” on Sunday, claiming that his cleaner is paid no less than N60,000.
“What we call the minimum wage is a criminal wage,” Oshiomhole stated on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.
“What does N30,000 translate to if you exchange it for N800 or N700 to the dollar?”
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So, the value of the N125 minimum wage when it was originally established, I believe, under Shehu Shagari’s regime, is around two or three times the value many years later, even in the public sector.
“He considers the average responsible private-sector employer to be a better employer than the federal or state governments.