LP candidate pledges workers N50,000 minimum wage

A governorship aspirant on the platform of the Labour Party (LP) ahead of the Anambra State 2021 election, Group Capt. Nnamdi Nnoruka (rtd) said he would pay a monthly minimum wage of N50,000 to every worker in the state if elected.

Nnoruka also promised to conduct local government elections within six to nine months of assumption in office.

Speaking to newsmen in Onitsha yesterday, September 5, 2020, the governorship hopeful condemned what he described as peanuts being given to civil servants in the state as monthly salaries, saying such paltry sum could only encourage corruption in the system.

He said, “How can a Director find it difficult to build a house or even train the children properly without stealing, which they’re indirectly telling people to do?

“We’re going to pay living wages. We’re going to review all of that. If it’s 5,000 people we can afford to pay, it’s better we engage such number and remunerated them properly so they can do their job well.

“I tell you, this state can comfortably pay minimum wages to their workers and even living wage. A living wage is a dynamic thing. What’s living wage last year can no longer be the same this year. N30,000 minimum wage can’t sustain anyone. It’s no longer realistic.”

While revealing his reasons for choosing Labour Party as a platform to vie for the exalted seat, Nnoruka said he had already started approaching the labour movement in the state towards making his dream a reality.