Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, has called on the federal government to increase the national minimum wage from N18,000 to N50,000.
He made the suggestion when he delivered the 4th National Public Service Lecture of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association.
“When a man who earns N18,000, cannot buy a bag of rice, how then can such a person take care of his family? Does it make sense to him if you tell him not to find alternative means of catering to the needs of his family?
“Is it not also possible to abolish the Security Vote and replace it with Contingency Vote so that it can be appropriated and accounted for,” he said.
He further added that the decentralisation of the federal anti-graft agencies will complement the efforts of the federal anti-corruption agencies, in the fight against corruption.
He also called for the abolition of ‘Security Vote’. Ekweremadu spoke in Ibadan at the weekend, where he delivered the 4th National Public Service Lecture of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association, on the theme: “Federalism and The Legal Framework for Combating Corruption in Nigeria.”
According to the Senator, a situation where the two major anti-corruption agencies in the country, Independent and Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, does not have presence in the entire country, made the fight against corruption ineffective.
He noted, for instance, that the ICPC had just six zonal offices and nine state offices, in addition to its headquarters in Abuja, while the EFCC had offices in only eight states, apart from its headquarters in Abuja.
The post Deputy Senate President Calls On the Federal Government To Increase Minimum Wage to N50,000 appeared first on Naijaloaded | Nigeria No. 1 Online Portal.
source: http://ift.tt/2mxBpW7
http://ift.tt/2mMJgQO