Vice Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party PDP said states should determine what they pay their workers as minim wage based on their incomes
Speaking on Politics Today, a programme of ChannelsTV. Obi said “Minimum wage doesn’t have to be universal,”
“I don’t believe that somebody in Lagos should earn the same thing as somebody who is in, maybe, Anambra State or somebody in Maiduguri.”
He, stressed that it was important to have a federal minimum wage which is the product of proper talks with labour.
Obi who is the running mate of Atiku Abubakar for the forthcoming Presidential election said if elected we will sit down with labour to find a constructive and acceptable decision.
Asked what amount he thinks should be a minimum, he maintained that it would be determined at a meeting with labour, if his party wins the election.
“I can tell you this – you know what we are saying here – I am sure we will be able to come out with what is acceptable because I know we will sit down and discuss this constructively with the labour.”
Mr Obi, who condemned the Federal Government’s borrowing plan, argued that the amount spent on infrastructure did not correspond with the level of borrowing.
He also rubbished claims that the PDP’s campaign was not working, insisting that such claims were part of efforts to divert attention from the real issues.
“The issue in this campaign is about millions of unemployment campaign,” he said, adding, “We have millions of Nigerians who don’t know where the next meal will come from
