Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has stated that it will be illegal for states to determine what they can pay as minimum wage.

According to him, the minimum wage was deliberately placed in the exclusive legislative list, to ensure uniformity in application.

Falana stated this at a tweet conference/roundtable to mark the International Day to end Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI) 2018.

“I have heard arguments that every state should be allowed to determine what they can pay. But all the governors earn the same salary apart from allowances and security vote.

“All legislators earn the same no matter where they come from. Every Senator earns about N15million per month. So on the ground of equality, that argument cannot be sustained.

“Secondly, labour and industrial matters are in the exclusive legislative list, deliberately so. Otherwise, you’ll have starvation wages and state government that will not pay salaries at all,” he said.

Falana also stated that it was only when it involved addressing the terrible living conditions of the poor, that the government talks about inflation.

“You must also understand that this is a class matter. The members of the ruling class, regardless of political parties, are one and the same when it comes to addressing the problems of the poor.

“So the legislators who earn N15million believe that if you increase minimum wage from N18,000 to N30,000, there will be inflation. So, the government can pay if it wants to pay,” Falana said.
https://softworkconcept..com/2018/11/new-minimum-wage-falana-reveals-why-its.html

Useless legislators that believes their own monthly 15million won’t cause inflation but the meager 30,000 will cause inflation. What a thinking!

Our political actors have no conscience. It's either 30k or nothing.

The wickedness in this clime is unbelievable. People collecting 15million a month while human being like them are collecting 18k a month and both go to the same market. And to think this is not even from having their own business where they have made profit and can pay themselves such money, it is our common patrimony that they allocate to themselves such outrageous salaries while leaving the masses impoverished.

Chai.

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N30,000 00 monthly is not too bad in our type of Economy..But only university student and per-time workers should Earn that low...
Government drivers should earn :70k minimum.
Ond:85k
Bsc:115k
That should be the MINIMUMEST.

I support Femi Falana on this...

Evil men in power

I totally support him on this. 30k or we strike indefinitely.

Lalasticlala how much is your salary?

what i don't get is that these guys are our representatives right? Senate and House?

If they represent us, are we not the ones to tell them how much to earn at the end of the day, enforcing it with our votes?

Unless of course, our votes don't count.

Naija

Our Executive and legislature are very wicked, selfish and self-centered. Imaging 18k to workers per month while they enjoy jumbo salaries and other allowances. Tufiakwa

each senator earns #720,000,000 in 4 years without sitting allowance and rest how can a poor man accept that


Kai babbah politicians are wicked common 30k for an average worker to be given HIS OWN ENTITLEMENT they won't

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No wonder the legislators are keeping quiet, you can't oppose it without opening you dirt and you can't support it without thinking of your fat jumbo pay

This man one of the best lawyer we have in Nigeria after gani fawehinmi....

He speaks the truth most times, why shld the state Governors be one to decide the minimum wage. That is too bad.

One will be surprised the defender of looters mike ozekhome will never contribute to meaningful issues like this.

People dey steal baboons dey chop. This country don tire me. God please intervene and punish the wicked.

While south Africa pays almost 100k.

Suffering and smiling especially the BMC

ClassicMG:
No wonder the legislators are keeping quiet, you can't oppose it without opening you dirt and you can't support it without thinking of your fat jumbo pay

exactly!

"You must also understand that this is a class matter. The members of the ruling class, regardless of political parties, are one and the same when it comes to addressing the problems of the poor"......Unfortunately, many Nigerians choose to be blind to this truth!

N15million and N18k with the same market. What a wicked set of people.

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Minimum wage was never for graduates, make una dey learn na.

pol23:
N30,000 00 monthly is not too bad in our type of Economy..But only university student and per-time workers should Earn that low...
Government drivers should earn :70k minimum.
Ond:85k
Bsc:115k
That should be the MINIMUMEST.

The 30k sef cannot take you home.

Femi Falana has low IQ ..argue with your password

sureheaven:
This man one of the best lawyer we have in Nigeria after gani fawehinmi....

He speaks the truth most times, why shld the state Governors be one to decide the minimum wage. That is too bad.

One will be surprised the defender of looters mike ozekhome will never contribute to meaningful issues like this.

you started like a sensible person but you end your trash like a senseless zombie

Imagine, 15million in a month! Wat are d saying in dt house dt a truck pusher wil nt b able to say to make ds country better. Ordinary 30k dt is nt up-to Wat d use in feeding their pussycat in a day is too much to pay pple wit family. Which way forward Niger.

bluecircle470:
Useless legislators that believes their own monthly 15million won’t cause inflation but the meager 30,000 will cause inflation. What a thinking!

How much is the total payroll of all the legislators compared to the total payroll of all Nigerians worker..
Let's not use low IQ to discuss such things