The African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has pledged to introduce a N500,000 monthly minimum wage for Nigerian workers if elected President in the 2027 general elections.
Sowore made the promise in an interview with The Independent, where he outlined key aspects of the AAC’s agenda for the 2027 elections.
The activist also promised that his administration would provide 24-hour electricity and make education free and accessible at all levels across the country.
According to Sowore, the AAC would also embark on the construction of one million public mixed-income homes while reforming tenancy laws to ease the pressure associated with advance rent payments.
Outlining the party’s proposed policies, Sowore said the AAC’s agenda was centred on what he described as revolutionary justice and equal rights.
“Our agenda is revolutionary justice and equal rights. Nigeria is enormously wealthy, yet Nigerians have been deliberately impoverished through corruption, incompetence and an economic system designed to reward a tiny political and business elite. We intend to change that fundamentally.
“We are proposing a N500,000 monthly living minimum wage because Nigerian workers cannot continue receiving starvation wages while senators, governors and political appointees consume millions every month.
“We will deliver 24-hour electricity because no serious industrial economy can operate permanently on generators. Education will be free and accessible at all levels, and no Nigerian child should be denied education because his or her parents are poor,” he said.
Sowore’s proposed N500,000 monthly living minimum wage, alongside his promises on electricity, education and housing, forms part of the AAC’s broader campaign agenda ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
