Sowore Promises ₦500,000 Wage and Petrol Subsidy for 2027

Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has announced his commitment to restoring the petrol subsidy and introducing a minimum monthly wage of ₦500,000 for Nigerian workers if he is elected president in the upcoming 2027 election. Sowore made these declarations via a post on his official 𝕏 handle, asserting that challenges to his wage proposal using statistics would not alter his stance.

He emphasized that under his administration, workers would earn a wage sufficient for a decent living. This announcement comes amid a renewed debate regarding the petrol subsidy, with other presidential candidates also expressing their positions.

Atiku Abubakar, the former Vice-President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has proposed a targeted subsidy supporting domestic refineries, while Peter Obi of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and Seyi Makinde of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) have differing views on the subsidy issue.