Why I stopped flying my private jet – Senator
- Kalu stated this in a short video posted on Instagram and Facebook on Friday
Abia North senator Orji Kalu said he has stopped flying his private jet until the federal government can resolve the salary differentials for workers in the country.
Mr Kalu, a former governor of Abia State, stated this in a short video posted on Instagram and Facebook on Friday.
It is not clear where he made the statement but he appeared to be responding to a question from someone, PremiumTimes reports.
“Honestly, I have stopped using my private jet since 2 August. And I want to maintain that until we are able to sort out the differentials on the workers in Nigeria and in West Africa – their salaries, because buying fuel and the rest of them. I don’t need to explain to you,” he said.
In his inaugural speech in May 2023, President Bola Tinubu declared an end to petrol subsidies, a policy that has seen the price of petrol balloon by over 500 per cent since then.
The policy has worsened the country’s economic woes, pushed up transportation prices and inflation rates to unprecedented levels, and triggered a cost-of-living crisis.
Dissatisfied with the government’s economic policies the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress began with a protest before declaring an indefinite strike to seek a better welfare package for workers.
The federal government had also set up a committee to review a new salary structure for workers following the expiration of the N30,000 minimum wage.
After months of disagreements between the Organised Labour and the federal government representative in the minimum wage committee, the labour leaders and President Tinubu in July agreed on N70,000 as the minimum wage.
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