Mr Abdussobur Salaam, the
National Public Relations Officer, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian
Universities (SSANU), has advocated for the elimination of disparity in
workers’ wages to enhance productivity in the country.
NAN reports that Salaam made the
call at the first memorial lecture in honour of the late Adoro Obiageli of the
National Mathematical Centre (NMC) on Wednesday, at Sheda in Kwali Area
council.
Speaking on the theme “Nigerian
workers and the struggle for survival”, he said that there was a correlation
between the salary of workers and the wealth of a nation.
According to him, until Nigeria
evolves a salary structure that will make workers happy, the country will not
advance.
“We believe so much that there
are too many inequalities in the country and that the absence of social justice
has also been a major problem that has affected the nation.
“And the only solution is to
establish a social justice in this country and bridge the inequality gap
between the rich and the poor.
“The N30,000 new minimum wage we
are talking about today is even grossly inadequate.
“This is because we have been
able to discover that the minimum wage of N125 given to workers in 1981 is far
better than the N30,000 that is being given now.
“Until we are able to move from
the era of starvation wages to that of living wages that will be able to
improve people’s lives and take care of their needs, we may not have progress
in the country,” he said.
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