ADC rejects the proposed salary increase for political office holders, moving calls “insensitive”

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has blamed the proposal by the allocation of revenue mobilization and the Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to increase the salaries of political office holders, describing the step as direct insults to Nigerian people who wrestled with deteriorating economic difficulties.

In a statement released on Wednesday, the Secretary of the National Publication of the Party, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said the plan underlines a government that is “cut off from the struggle of ordinary citizens.”

The new RMAFC defended his proposal, with Chairman Mohammed Shehu argued that the existing payment structure for the President, Vice President, Governor, Senate President, and other high -ranking officials “Inadequate, Inadequate, and Out of Times.”

However, ADC insisted that such justification could not be maintained in the face of Nigeria’s economic reality. The party noted that while politicians continued to draw “false and opaque benefits, benefits, and policy funds,” residents were left to compete with the minimum wage of the N70,000 that had been eroded by inflation.

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“For perspective, our national minimum wage stands in the N70,000, a number that has been largely removed by inflation. However, unlike public office holders, most Nigerians do not receive additional benefits to eliminate living costs,” the statement said.

ADC believes that the proposed adjustment time is very insensitive, quoting the soaring food prices, rising fuels, and decreased purchasing power of workers.

The party demanded a direct suspension of the plan, emphasizing that the government “did not have the moral right to demand sacrifice from citizens while the political elite protect themselves from economic difficulties.”

Instead of enriching public officials, ADC urges the authorities to channel efforts to raise minimum wages to livable standards, ensure fast salary payments, and strengthen the social welfare system.