The Labour Party LP has rejected plans by the federal government to increase salaries of the President and other political office holders.
Tony Akeni, the interim National Publicity Secretary, of the Labour Party, said in a statement that the unsolicited increase currently being campaigned for by Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), is unnecessary.
Mohammed Shehu, the chairman of the vommission had issued a statement that the government plans to increase for Nigerian politicians, including that of the President.
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Shehu had hinged his decision on report that the ” President receives a paltry N18 million for his office in an entire year, as salary, which amounts to N1.5million per month, while his ministers receive less than N1 million per month or about N12 million per annum.
The Party said it views the proposed salary increase as ” not only unconscionable but insensitive, especially at this time when countless Nigerians are passing through untold economic hardship and deprivations, caused by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government.”
The party believes that the current economic hardship was inflicted by the President Tinubu’s administration and urged the Commission not to go ahead with the salary increase
“Our party’s advice to the Chairman of the RMAFC and his unseen collaborators, in and outside the commission, who are behind this misadventure is that they should immediately retrace their steps in their best interest. This is so as not incur the wrath of suffering Nigerians.
” The RMAFC, by the proposed increase, is encouraging Tinubu administration’s unquestionably borrowings and accumulation of foreign debt that have already mortgaged the future of the nation’s unborn generations”.
It stated that instead th federal government increase the N70,000 Minimum Wage, as recently recommended by the American government.
” If a foreign nation could demonstrate such empathy towards our suffering citizens, the RMAFC’s chairman and commission members have no valid excuse not to do more.”
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The Party urged Nigerians to join hands with Peter Obi, adding that” the fight to dismantle the structure of corruption in out country is not Peter Obi’s fight alone, or that Labour Party. It is the fight of all the 200 million Nigerians, a fight for our children children and generations unborn.”
“APC is burning down our country with never before seen corruption in virtually every sector of our economy.”
