I Agree With Reverend Father Mbaka, Who Said Elected Governors Should Also Earn Minimum Wage-Soludo

Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo has advocated for a significant reduction in the cost of governance in Nigeria, as reported by Daily Trust.

Speaking at a special edition of The Platform, an event organized by The Covenant Nation to promote national development, Soludo lamented that the nation is financially strained. He criticized government and elected officials for living in denial and displaying flamboyant lifestyles to the detriment of the masses.

Soludo proposed that political officeholders should be paid the national minimum wage as a measure to prevent the developing crisis from escalating. He highlighted that while Nigerians are hungry, broke, and poor, the ruling class continues to live extravagantly at the expense of common people.

Soludo warned that the poor are hungry and impatient, and it is important not to exacerbate their frustration with governmental insensitivity.

He agreed with Reverend Father Mbaka’s suggestion that elected governors should earn the minimum wage, sharing that he has not taken any salary since assuming office in Anambra and has donated his salary to the state as a symbolic gesture. He noted that while this act is not financially significant, it is symbolic of the need for a system change.

In his words: “The poor are hungry and impatient, let’s not annoy them more with our insensitivity. In this case, I agree with Reverend Father Mbaka, who said elected governors should also earn minimum wage. I agree that we should be paid that so that we can feel that as well.

“In Anambra, I have not received a kobo as salary since I assumed office. I have donated my salary to the state. It is symbolic. It is not much. I think generally, the system is in denial. There must be some signalling, it is just the symbolism of this…..Discover More