5.2 Objective 2: Ensure that Corporations Act as Good Corporate Citizens with Regard to Human Rights, Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability 5.2.1 Chapter IV of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has provisions relating to Human rights enforcement. The issue of Human rights is of general application and the Federal and State Governments have been consistent in their adherence to both the Constitution and relevant labour laws. 5.2.2 In March, 2011 a new National Minimum Wage was approved for the country. Among other benefits accruing to the government and people of Nigeria from the new minimum wage is that, it serves to ameliorate the suffering of the people under the current global economic crises, raise the general standard of living and efficiency of workers as well as have multiplier effects on poverty alleviation. Though a welcome development, the new wage has provoked controversy between the state and Federal Government on the one hand and the governments and labour on the other. 5.2.3 Breaches of Constitutional human rights and labour laws by corporations, especially essential service providers, have been a recurring decimal in Nigeria and are rarely reported. This may be attributed to the laws that established some of them, which seem to have shielded them from public prosecutions. The massive privatization exercise being implemented in the country since the return to democratic governance in 1999, is gradually addressing this problem, since most of these companies are being privatized. 5.2.4 The Federal Government established the Legal Aid Council to assist the poorer members of the society in securing legal services. Through the Fundamental Human Rights (Enforcement Procedure) rules of 2009, it also addressed the issue of access to justice by the poor, by reducing the filing fees, and streamlining the procedure for human rights enforcement. In spite of all these, the cost of accessing justice in Nigeria remains very high due to gaps in 60