The President of National Labour Congress, NLC, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, yesterday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to increase minimum wages from N18, 000, saying “this is the logic used by United State to address recession.”
Wabba made the appeal in an interview with Vanguard after presenting a N400, 000 Cheque to wife of late Vanguard deputy photo-editor, Mr. Tunji Oyeleru at the Airport Hotel, Ikeja when he argued that the economy cannot return to its former state unless the citizens have purchasing power.
He said “The state of the country’s economy requires that we increase minimum wage. We need to empower the
people to buy and sell. If the economy is at
standstill and people cannot buy, the economy will not grow.
“It is the workers money that keeps the
economy growing. It is not the fund disbursed for big contracts that are kept in different accounts that keeps the country economy growing. That was the logic that helped the United State to revive their economy,” he added.
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