The Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), Father Mbaka says the National Assembly should also be given the N62,000 minimum wage proposed by the federal government.

The controversial cleric made this known when he spoke in an interview on AIT on Saturday, June 8 in reaction to the new minimum wage proposal by the tripartite committee on Friday, June 7.

Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on June 4, relaxed the nationwide strike for a week to allow negotiations with the federal government on a new minimum wage.

While the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration offered N62,000, Nigerian governors disagreed and maintained that they could not afford to pay labor N60,000 as the minimum wage.

In reaction to these developments, Mbaka suggested that Governors, Senators, and members of the House of Representatives should also receive the N62,000 minimum wage.

“We can push these poor Nigerians to the point of rebellion. That is my fear. All of us were in Lagos that day, we couldn’t come back,” Mbaka said.

Mbaka added: “Just like a joke the labour people entered into the airport and stopped every operation and if this happens again it might be tantamount to what nobody dreams or what we dream but out of fear we cannot release to the public.

“If we decide to give labour N60,000 or N62,000, why not generalize it to the house of Assembly members, senatorial members, House of Representative members, and governors? “All of them are civil servants.

So, are the others slaves? I cannot imagine why somebody can be amassing billions and billions as sitting allowance, wardrobe allowance, newspaper allowance, vehicle allowance and what they call suffering allowance.”