‘No decent wages, no credible elections’ – Sowore demands N500,000 minimum wage for INEC staff

The statesmanlike campaigner of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has demanded a minimum wage of N500,000 for unit of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

In a station connected his verified X handle, Sowore said determination could beryllium nary credible elections without decent wages.

Recall that the INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, connected Tuesday lamented that the commission’s unit were the slightest paid successful Nigeria.

Reacting, Sowore, a quality rights activist, said, “No decent wages, nary credible elections.

“Nigeria’s electoral workers indispensable beryllium good paid. INEC unit cannot beryllium expected to safeguard the integrity of our elections portion being poorly compensated.

“INEC unit merit a minimum wage of N500,000. Electoral integrity indispensable statesman with decent moving conditions and a surviving wage for the radical entrusted with administering our elections.

“If these workers proceed to beryllium treated with contempt, I volition articulation them successful boycotting the 2027 elections. They person each close to organise and ...