Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, has been sighted taking a business class flight to Owerri after claiming N30,000 minimum wage is Sufficient to sustain households of four.
Ngige who was in company of two aides, was spotted by a man who uploaded pictures on his twitter account.
The twitter user, identified as Don Obinna, said that the Ngige who had insisted that N30,0000 minimum wage was sufficient enough for an household of four, was taking a flight that cost he and his aides N240,000 .
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He tweeted;
See who flew in the same aircraft with me to Owerri; the Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, who said publicly that N30,000 minimum wage is enough for a family of four. Air Peace business class is N80k, but he flew with two of his aides. Our leaders have no conscience.
Recall that the Herald reported that Chris Ngige, had disclosed why the federal government cannot meet the demand of labour in the new minimum wage regime.
Ngige explained that the government cannot shut down the economy because it wants to pay salaries and wages, saying the 2020 budget of N10.3 trillion has N3.8 trillion as personnel cost without overhead.
The minister made this known on Tuesday, October 15, while receiving members of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), led by its National President, Ibrahim Khaleel, in Abuja.
According to him, “We cannot allow government to shut down the economy because it wants to pay salaries and wages. The 2020 Budget of N10.3 trillion has N3.8 trillion as personnel cost without overhead. If you add running cost and other incidental costs, the total recurrent budget as presented to the National Assembly has taken 76 per cent. Where do we get the money to build roads, airport, rails, health centres, schools etc.
“It is a matter of balancing a budget that is 76 per cent recurrent and 24 per cent capital, for me, it is nothing to cheer about. In the 76 per cent, government has captured N200 billion for consequential adjustment for the minimum wage and so on. These are all part of personnel.