Minimum Wage: Labour, Same As Political Leadership, Selfish — PDP Chieftain, Onuesoke
Sunny Onuesoke, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Delta State gubernatorial aspirant has heavily criticised the agitation of organized labor for an increase in the minimum wage of Nigerian workers.
The PDP chieftain likened the demands of the Organised Labour with Political leaders as similar, calling them selfish.
According to him during the Democracy Day celebration in Asaba, Delta State capital, the efforts by the labor unions to force the federal government to succumb to their terms in the negotiation process as inhuman and selfish.
He stressed that their ridiculous demands would have an adverse effect on ordinary citizens of the country, especially those in the private sector, traders, artisans, and those living in rural areas, who constitute the largest labor force in the country who doesn’t earn a salary or wage.
While adding that the labor movement was obviously not putting Nigeria and Nigerians first in this negotiation process urged them to review their demands by considering the plight of the larger percentage of Nigerians.
He queried, “TUC and NLC are selfish. They are the same as the political leadership. They are agitating for the increment of their wages. What happens to the private sector, the traders, artisans, and even the unemployed Nigerians roaming our streets? Who is going to increase their wages? They forget that once there is a wage increase, there will be hyperinflation.
“Why are they agitating for their salary increment like the way our lawmakers are agitating for their own salaries and allowance increases? How many salary increases did they agitate for traders, the private sector, artisans, and the unemployed among others?”
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