The Nation Newspaper Adebayo: Minimum wage negotiation has lost focus
Prince Adewole Adebayo was the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party during the last general election. In this interview with, he speaks on the demand for an upward review of the minimum wage of workers by organised labour, the government’s social investment programmes and the lingering fuel crisis.
The second thing you can do is to come from the welfaristic point of view by focusing on what the workers are worried about. What exactly do they spend their money on? If the average worker has access to housing, say at seven per cent of his salary; has access to medical care at five per cent of his salary; has access to education of four to five children at six per cent of his salary; and he can now deal only with food and the issue of transportation.
We don’t have the same ideology; they are throwing money on non-existent products. Whether you pay salary, allowance or grants like we did during the Udoji Award or you give loans, what is the essence? Remember during the Udoji award, where once you get it, everybody runs to UTC or Kingsway Stores to buy bicycles, for instance, and the price of these goods skyrocketed.
If the government is to address the problem sustainably, what is the best approach to follow, in your opinion?
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