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N30,000 Minimum Wage is Criminal, I Pay My Cleaner N60,000 – Oshiomhole

by Opeyemi Alimi
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Adams Oshiomhole

The Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole has condemned the N30,000 minimum wage, describing the current minimum wage as a “criminal wage.”

Oshiomhole said this today while Featuring on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics monitored by HotNewsInNaija.

During the interview, The senator condemned the current minimum wage, adding that current minimum wage was not enough for workers

While he made it clear that the wage is not enough he disclosed that even he as an individual pays his cleaner N60,000.

According to Oshiomhole: “What we call minimum wage is a criminal wage.

“I can tell you what I have decided to pay my cleaner. My cleaner is just a primary school – I’m not sure she even has a school leaving certificate. But she’s knowledgeable enough to clean the house.

“I found myself unable to pay her less than N60,000 – in fact, N60,000. It’s about my conscience. I’m trying to imagine what she has to pay for a house. She told me she has four children.

“I’m trying to imagine how she has to look after those children and I cannot question why she should have four children.”

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