Former Governor of Edo State and Ex-Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole has faulted the Nigerian Governors Forum for shoddy implementation of the N30,000 National Minimum Wage, saying they were indirectly contributing to the security crisis rocking the country.
Speaking at the 2nd National Peace and Security Summit organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress in Abuja,Oshiomole said while he would not subscribe to separation or fragmentation of Nigeria, he would appreciate if the Federal and state governments can approach national security with social welfare policies to calm anger of most Nigerians.
He noted that peace is eluding the country because majority of citizens who were once busy at the industries, manufacturing goods, were now jobless and only option left for them was resorting to banditry and kidnapping.
He said the 36 state governors have no justification to renege on the payment of a minimum wage of N30,000, especially when the President, Muhammadu Buhari has graciously assented to it.
He said:” If insecurity must abate, the government must reverse our trade policies”we must bring back those labour intensive industries like the cotton mills in Kaduna and Kano States.As Governor of Edo State, I increased the minimum wage to N25, 000 even before the N30,000 was assented to by the President, it has gotten to a stage where we must interrogate the expenditure of the state governments, what does it cost to arm and the police or soldier to make him deliver his job effectively”.
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