2027: Sowore Pledges ₦500,000 Minimum Wage, Vows To Restore Petrol Subsidy

Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has pledged to introduce a minimum monthly wage of ₦500,000 for Nigerian workers and restore petrol subsidy if elected president in the 2027 general elections.

According to reports, Sowore made the declaration in a post on his official X account while defending his proposed living wage for Nigerian workers.

The AAC candidate said attempts to challenge or weaken his ₦500,000 wage proposal with statistics would not change his position, insisting that workers should earn enough to meet their basic needs.

Sowore stated that his proposed government would guarantee Nigerian workers a minimum monthly wage of at least ₦500,000 while also bringing back petrol subsidy.

His latest position comes amid renewed political debate over fuel pricing and the future of petrol subsidy ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Sowore had previously said he would restore fuel subsidy if elected, arguing that the government continues to provide forms of economic subsidy despite the removal of the petrol subsidy.

Sowore has also previously outlined how he believes a ₦500,000 minimum wage could be funded, including through reducing government waste, recovering unpaid oil royalties and addressing financial leakages.

His proposal comes alongside other presidential candidates’ differing positions on fuel subsidy. Former Vice-President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has proposed a production subsidy focused on crude supplied to domestic refineries rather than a return to the previous import-based subsidy arrangement.

The debate has also attracted criticism from the APC Presidential Campaign Council, which has questioned the legal, fiscal and operational framework of Atiku’s proposed production subsidy.

Sowore, meanwhile, maintains that under an AAC government, Nigerian workers would receive a minimum monthly wage of ₦500,000 and that petrol subsidy would be restored.