Founder of Sahara Reporters and a presidential aspirant , Omoyele Sowore has reiterated his
stand in making sure minimum wage becomes
N100,000.
Speaking at a conference in Lugbe, Abuja, the
federal capital on Wednesday August 15, the
presidential hopeful made the remark while
answering questions from journalists,
explaining the motivation behind his vigorous
pursuit of the highest office in the country.
This also came on the occasion of the formal
public announcement of the political party he
would vie for presidency in the 2019
presidential elections.
Declaring his readiness under the flagship of
one of the newly registered 23 political parties
by INEC, Sowore made it plain that he is
convinced that his ambition would be realized
on the platform of the African Action Congress
(AAC). According to him, the party has the
emblem of two hands and in Sowore’s words “
without the hands, you can neither hold the
umbrella nor the broom. The two hands will
hold the umbrella and the broom and throw
them away.”
Revealing the party name and the reason
behind its choice, the presidential aspirant
spoke passionately about the various plans the
party has in store for Nigerians stressing that
launching the party was the day the Nigerian
youths had impatiently waited for.
“The very day we have all being waiting for has
come. Today is the day the revolution we have
been asking for will start in Nigeria. I have
been saying for a long time that the day we
launch our party will become the expiration day
for the APC and PDP.” He began.
“What has happened today is a culmination of
serious works and mobilizations. He continued.
“Everybody in Nigeria had expected I would join
one of the existing political parties but we
decided that our kind of agenda; our programs
and gigantic plans for Nigeria, cannot be
accommodated within the existing political
structure and we decided to launch our own
political party. Today, we have the party that is
known as the African Action Congress (AAC).
The reason for choosing Africa is strategic. We
are looking beyond Nigeria immediately
because for every ten Africans you see, five to
seven of them are Nigerians”.
While reading out the party manifestoes,
Sowore avowed clearly that the AAC has an
unwavering vision to execute projects that
would cover electricity reform, teaching and
general overhauling of the health sector,
among others, all providing an empowering
environment for massive job opportunities
totaling five million for Nigerians with a
sizeable minimum wage.
“We have for you a fantastic minimum wage”
he announced to a large cheering crowd of
party faithfuls. “Hundred Thousand Naira is
what we plan to provide for Federal Civil
Servants in the country and for Youth Corps
members (NYSC), we have planned to pay the
same amount. Every Youth Corps member
would get the same amount as government
worker.”
In addition, he stressed that the party agenda
targeted at changing Nigeria fundamentally,
and by extension change the continent of
Africa for good and unite all Africans on the
continent so they can live the kind of life that
they deserve.
“A life of abundance in security, in power, in
infrastructure, a life without corrupt old cargoes
who have destroyed our educational system,
health system and infrastructure. A life that
has economy that works for all that provides
jobs for young people, a life of opportunities so
that the child of nobody can become somebody
in Nigeria,” he concluded.
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