Dr Onoho’Omhen Ebhohinhen, Head, Research Department of the
Nigeria Labour Congress says the congress is working on the review of labour
laws in Nigeria.
Ebhohinhen disclosed this on Tuesday in a chat with newsmen
at a media roundtable and strategy design on civil space for the Power of
Voices Partnership Project in Calabar on Tuesday.
He said that the review was to ensure that the labour laws
were in conformity with the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Ebhohinhen said that the current labour laws had become obsolete and needed to be reviewed to align them with modern realities and to update them to ILO level.
“Some of these laws were made during the colonial era and
some during past military regimes.
“You can agree with me that most of the Nigerian labour laws
have become archaic.
“There have been so many developments in the country that
have not been captured,’’ he said.
According to him, the Nigerian worker is a victim of such
laws.
“The present labour laws impede workers’ growth and
productivity.
“They are too restrictive and do not encourage productivity
of the Nigerian worker.
“We also need to domesticate some of the laws in conformity
with the ILO requirements,’’ he said.
The labour leader said that the process of the review has
gone through three stages.
“We have concluded three stages of the process. We have held
individual presentations at the NLC level; we had workshops with relevant
stakeholders and we have met with the members of the National Assembly.
“After collation of all the submissions, we will put them
together as draft legislation and present them to the national assembly for
onward passage as a bill,’’ he said.(NAN)
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