A human rights lawyer and senior advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has called on the Attorney General of the Federation to sanction states that fail to pay the current N30,000 minimum wage.
Falana speaking during an interview said the payment of the minimum wage was an agreement entered into freely, state governments, insisting that failure to honour such a deal amounts to a breach of the law.
The legal juggernaut also argued that the organised labour has a right by law to demand a review of wages in alignment with the economic realities, without prejudice or intention to stir controversy or sponsor unrest.
Despite several meetings, the Federal Governments and labour unions have not agreed on a new minimum wage, which led to strike action on Monday, grounding economic activities in critical sectors.
However, the government and labour had a meeting yesterday where certain compromises were made and government promised to resolve the impasse.
In line with agreements at the last meeting, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended their industrial action for one week.
The TUC president Festus Osifo confirmed this in Abuja after a joint extraordinary national executive council meeting of the unions, stating that it has approved a relaxation of the industrial action for one week with immediate effect.
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