Abia North Senator, Orji Uzor Kalu, urges the federal government to increase the minimum wage for Nigerian workers to over ₦62,000. He specifically advocates for a ₦90,000 minimum wage under President Bola Tinubu’s leadership.
Senator Kalu emphasizes the need to provide adequate compensation for civil servants, citing the stagnant minimum wage for the past five years despite rising inflation. He argues that the current minimum wage is insufficient to meet the basic needs of workers and their families.
Kalu also said that although the President has done well in certain aspects of the economy, it is obvious that Nigerians are hungry, and more needs to be done in the area of food production.
Speaking with Channels Television, the federal lawmaker said: “I’m sure the president has done well in some areas and he also needs to improve in many other areas. I’m a very practical person, I fear nobody and I support the truth.
President Tinubu has done so well in some areas, and in some other areas of feeding our people, people are hungry, so I cannot say.
“He has done well in economic policy, monetary policy. Very good.
“But in fiscal policies we haven’t grown more food. I want us to grow more food.”
On the new minimum wage, Kalu proposed ₦90,000, and also advocated local government autonomy.
“I’m a proponent that local governments should be getting their money fully.
“I also believe that N62,000 cannot do anything. N90,000… and why I’m proposing N90,000 is very simple. We have not increased the minimum wage in five years.
I’m a practical person. The civil servants need good treatment,” he added.
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