Catholic Priest Says Governors, Senators Should Earn Same Minimum Wage

Ejike Mbaka, a Catholic priest, advocates that governors and members of the national assembly should also receive N62,000 as their payment.
Mr Mbaka reacted angrily to the stances of the state governors and the leadership of the senate to labour’s demand for a minimum wage increment despite high inflation rate.
Father Mbaka maintained that since governors and legislators are civil servants, they should also earn N62,000 as national wage
While addressing reporters from Punch on Saturday, Father Mbaka said, “If we decide to give labour N60, 000 or N62, 000 why not generalise it to the House of Assembly members, senatorial members, House of Representative members, and governors?
Mr Mbaka also complained on why politicians are getting huge allowances but treated civil servants as “slaves,” despite high inflation rate in the country.
“They are all civil servants, so are the others slaves? I can’t understand why they amass billions as sitting allowance, wardrobe allowance, newspaper allowance, and suffering allowance.
“The people that should have such allowances are those suffering in the village.
“How much are our teachers, nurses, and doctors being paid? Let’s be realistic, our civil servants that wake early and return late daily, how much are they being paid?
“Looking at the level of inflation in the country, you will see that we are all not sincere in this country,” he said.