Sowore Promises N500,000 Minimum Wage, End To Casualisation, One Million Public Homes If Elected President
Sowore Promises N500,000 Minimum Wage, End To Casualisation, One Million Public Homes If Elected President
Sowore accused Nigeria’s political elite of hijacking public resources and using them for personal luxury while millions remain homeless and impoverished.
Human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has promised sweeping reforms in Nigeria’s housing and labour sectors, including a N500,000 minimum wage for workers and the construction of one million public homes across the country if elected president in 2027.
In a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, May 28, 2026, Sowore declared that his administration would dismantle what he described as exploitative labour practices and elitist housing policies that he said have impoverished ordinary Nigerians.
“Under the Sowore administration, Nigeria will return fully to mass public housing — but this time, there will be no discriminatory “low-income housing” that segregates the poor and working class,” he said.
“We will build mixed-income housing estates with green spaces, schools, malls, theatres, clinics, playgrounds, transport access, and community facilities built into them.”
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Sowore accused Nigeria’s political elite of hijacking public resources and using them for personal luxury while millions remain homeless and impoverished.
“For too long, corrupt elites have hijacked land and houses meant for the people, using stolen public funds to build mansions they don’t even live in. That era will end,” he said.
The AAC presidential candidate further stated, “Our goal is to build 1 million decent public homes across Nigeria — affordable, dignified, environmentally responsible, and built for workers, families, students, and communities. An unprecedented new era of public housing is coming.”
On labour reforms, Sowore vowed to abolish casualisation and contract staffing arrangements, which he described as exploitative and dehumanising.
“We are permanently discontinuing casualisation and exploitative contract staffing in Nigeria. Workers are not slaves, disposable tools, or modern-day serfs,” he wrote earlier on X.
“Every worker deserves dignity, job security, fair wages, healthcare, pensions, and humane working conditions.”
“The era of using insecurity and unemployment to exploit Nigerian workers must come to an end. Under Sowore, labour will regain its dignity, and workers will regain their power,” he declared.
Sowore also insisted that Nigerian workers deserve significantly higher wages, particularly those in critical sectors.
“A minimum wage of N500,000 is not too much for Nigerian workers,” he stated.
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“Police officers, soldiers, teachers, doctors, nurses, and other public servants deserve a living wage, and those in critical sectors must earn additional allowances for the risks, sacrifices, and essential services they provide.”
