Femi Falana, human rights lawyer and senior advocate of Nigeria , has accused the federal government of ignoring the advice of the national economic council — which includes all governors — on better management of the economy.
Falana, who said the federal government has instead chosen to rely on foreign policies that have pushed Nigeria into poverty, added that governors must take action to prevent Nigeria from entering another recession. “I wish to submit without any fear of contradiction that the economic policies of the government are in conflict with section 16 of the Constitution, which provides that the State shall ensure that ‘suitable and adequate shelter, suitable and adequate food, reasonable national minimum living wage, old age care and pensions, and unemployment, sick benefits and welfare of the disabled are provided for all citizens’.
In his recommendations, Falana asked the Nigeria Governors Forum and the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria to demand a review of the Petroleum Industry Act toHe further advised the governors and local governments to push for joint management of the NNPC and other parastatals which were established with funds from the federation account.
He has become an economist as well 😂