The presidential candidate of the African Action
Congress (AAC), Mr Omoyele Sowore, has
promised to pay workers 100,000 as minimum
wage if elected as the next president of the nation
on Feb. 16.
Sowore made the pledge at a town hall meeting
tagged: ‘The Candidates’ organised by the
MacArthur Foundation in collaboration with NTA
and DARIA media in Abuja.
He said that his administration would address the
menace of ghost workers by installing
technologies that would daily capture fingerprints
of workers and the hours spent at work.
He also said that he would ensure leakages were
effectively blocked and would enthrone proper
management of resources in the country if
elected.
The AAC presidential candidate said that his
administration would ensure efficient collection of
taxes, and that there would be no sacred cows.
According to him, most companies in Nigeria
collect tax from workers but do not remit to the
government, while others are under remitting.
On power supply, Sowore said when elected, he
would bring in solar panels that would generate
up to 4500 megawatts of electricity across the
country in less than a year.
He said there were investors looking for where to
build power stations, saying that all that was
lacking in Nigeria was good leadership.
Sowore said rather than selling national power
installations, license would be given to investors
to come in and generate power.
His running mate, Mr Rabiu Rufai, said the AAC
would pay a living wage and not just a minimum
wage to the Nigerian workers.
Rufai said that an average Nigerian worker spent
at least N1,000 daily on transportation.
He said that the proposed N27,000 by the Federal
Government was not enough as workers needed
to feed themselves and family, pay schools fees,
rents and make some savings as well.(NAN)
Source: thenationonlineng.net/i-will-pay-100000-minimum-wage-if-elected-president-aac-candidate/
