My Cleaner Gets N60,000–Oshiomhole Slams FG Over N30k Minimum Wage

By Sola Omoniyi, Lagos

Adams Oshiomhole, the former governor of Edo State, has criticized the current N30,000 minimum wage provided by the Nigerian federal government.

The serving senator described the current minimum wage as “criminal” adding that his cleaner receives N60,000 monthly.

This is according to his statement during a Television station program, Sunday Politics, where he pointed out that the current minimum wage was not enough for workers.

What we call minimum wage is “a criminal wage,” Oshiomhole declared.

“I can tell you what I have decided to pay my cleaner. My cleaner is just a primary school [certificate holder] – 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,” the former NLC president said.