By Matthew Atungwu Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has urged elected officials to start earning minimum wage, highlighting t...
By Matthew Atungwu
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has urged elected
officials to start earning minimum wage, highlighting the urgent financial
crisis facing Nigeria.
Soludo made this call on Wednesday at a special edition of
The Platform, an event organized by The Covenant Nation to promote national
development, stressing that Nigeria is financially strained.
He explained that Nigeria’s economic woes are exacerbated by
the extravagant lifestyles of government officials, which are sustained at the
expense of the nation’s wealth.
He proposed that these officials should be paid the minimum
wage to understand the harsh realities faced by ordinary citizens, stressing
that the current system is in a state of denial about the nation’s financial
condition.
“Let’s come clean and straight with Nigerians. Nigeria is
very poor and broke but the lifestyle of government and government officials
does not show it, especially with the obscene flamboyance in public display,”
Soludo said.
“The poor are hungry and impatient, let’s not annoy them
more with our insensitivity.
“In this case, I agree with the reverend father Mbaka, who
said elected governors should also earn minimum wage. I agree that we should be
paid so that we can feel that as well.
“In Anambra, I have not received a kobo as salary since I
assumed office. I have donated my salary to the state.
“It is symbolic. It is not much. I think generally, the
system is in denial. There must be some signaling, it is just the symbolism of
this,” he said.
Soludo called for a new code of conduct for public office
holders to enhance fiscal prudence while performing the core duties for which
they were elected.
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