All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole has said there is no basis for governors not to pay living wage to their workers.
He said he would always stand by Nigerian workers on a new national minimum wage.
He said refusal to pay a living wage amounted to creating a poverty cycle and a chain of Nigerians who cannot afford goods and services.
Oshiomhole said it was only by paying living wages and improving the purchasing powers of the worker that production could be encouraged and employment opportunity created.
He spoke at a reception for Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Ayuba Wabba on his election as President of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The reception also honoured the Financial Secretary of Congress, Comrade Safiyanu Mohammed, who is now the Africa regional secretary of the International Transport Federation. Read more