Sunday, September 13, 2026 - The African Action Congress, AAC, presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has pledged to introduce a N500,000 monthly minimum wage for Nigerian workers if elected President.
Speaking in an interview with The Independent, Sowore
equally stated that his administration would provide 24-hour electricity, and
make education free and accessible at all levels.
The activist also promised to construct one million public
mixed-income homes and reform tenancy laws to reduce the burden of advance rent
payments.
He was outlining the AAC’s agenda for the 2027
elections.
“Our agenda is revolutionary justice and equal rights.
Nigeria is enormously wealthy, yet Nigerians have been deliberately
impoverished through corruption, incompetence and an economic system designed
to reward a tiny political and business elite. We intend to change that
fundamentally.
“We are proposing a N500,000 monthly living minimum wage
because Nigerian workers cannot continue receiving starvation wages while
senators, governors and political appointees consume millions every month.
“We will deliver 24-hour electricity because no serious
industrial economy can operate permanently on generators. Education will be
free and accessible at all levels, and no Nigerian child should be denied
education because his or her parents are poor,” he said.
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