The Minister of Labour and
Employment, Chris Ngige, has said Nigeria is still a third world country and
should not be compared with the economies of the United States of America,
Canada and the United Kingdom.
Ngige said this on Friday during
his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, in reaction to the
lingering controversy around the national minimum wage.
Labour leaders are demanding an
increment from the current minimum wage of N18,000 and some have argued that
the minimum wage in countries like the US, UK and Canada are $1232, $1633 and
$2582 respectively.
But Ngige maintained that those
countries are developed and should not be compared to Nigeria.
He said, “UK, Canada, US are
called developed economies. We are still a third-world country. Why are you
generalising everything?
“You don’t have to generalise
(because) not everything is purchased in Dollar. It is a very dangerous
analysis to do.
“The cardinal principle in the
wage-fixing mechanism is the ability to pay. And the Nigerian economy is in
dire strait and the current expenditure is ballooning all the time.”
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