Reno Omokri, a socio-political analyst has accused the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero of trying to please his “master” Peter Obi by demanding N494,000 minimum wage.
Omokri said the nationwide strike called by Ajaero would cause national strife across the country.
The former presidential aide charged Ajaero to stay away from unionism and join Obi in politics.
Posting on X, Omokri wrote: “Joe Ajaero’s national strike will only cause national strife. This is the eighth strike Ajaero is calling this year.
“He has called more strikes than the last three NLC Presidents combined! If he wants to be a striker, let him go and become a footballer. He can then compete with Messi and Ronaldo on who is the GOAT striker.
“Even the Organised Private Sector, the manufacturing base of Nigeria, have publicly said they cannot pay N494,000, and patriotically suggested M60,000, which is a reasonable amount. I even think the government should go as high as N80,000.
“But N494,000 is just outrageous and an attempt by Joe Ajaero to please his master, Peter Obi, who himself pays his own workers at Next Supermarket peanuts.
“How can any reasonable person demand that the minimum wage should increase by 1600%? Has Nigeria’s revenue, production capacity, or tax base expanded by 1600%?
“Is Joe Ajaero an economic saboteur who wants to crash our economy to make it easy for his boss in the 2027 election?
“Ajaero is a politician. He should leave labour unionism and join Peter Obi’s political movement.”