Ajuri Ngelale, President Bola Tinubu’s special assistant on media and publicity, has stated that his boss wants to “double” the present minimum wage.

This was said by Ngelale during an interview on Channels Television on Thursday night.

He stated that the federal government is aware that the elimination of the petrol subsidy is “hurting” Nigerians.

Currently, the national minimum wage is N30,000, but Ngelale noted that with the removal of the subsidy, states now have enough funds to afford a new national minimum wage.

“It’s absolutely evident at this point and I do not want to preempt President Bola Tinubu.

“And I also don’t want to preempt the work of the minimum wage review committee. But what I will say is this, it is evident that the president would want nothing less than a doubling and I say nothing less.

“This means you’re looking at a basic minimum of a doubling of the current minimum wage,” Ngelale said.