Boma Achenimie 
Femi Falana, human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) has claimed that all the governors of the 36 states have the capacity to pay the minimum wage, following funds accrual from the removal of fuel subsidy.
This is coming against the backdrop of the federal government’s agreement with organized labour over the payment of a new national minimum wage for workers.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Morning Brief, Falana said that default would be dragged to court.
He said: “There is no state in Nigeria today that cannot pay more than the minimum wage because the government removed fuel subsidy last year and President Tinubu told Nigerians that the money made from that policy will be used.
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“Any state government or employer of labour that does not pay the national minimum wage, we have agreed this time around (our law firm and the labour unions) we are not going to allow the non-payment of wages. They will be dragged to court.
“We are going to ensure the law is complied with, including the fact that we will be paying the court to make an order, deducting what belongs to the workers monthly from the source in Abuja. We cannot go like this.”
Recall that Labour which embarked on an indefinite strike had called it off on Tuesday following negotiations and agreement.
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, had demanded N464,000 as a new minimum wage but the government proposed N60,000.
