The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reported the Nigerian government to the International Labour Organisation, accusing the government of working through the back door to proscribe the Congress and undermine collective labour relations in the country.

President of the Nigeria Labour Congress and representative of workers on the Governing Board of the ILO, Comrade Ayuba Wabba told the Committee on Application of Standard that the government has forwarded a new bill to the National Assembly which will distort the nation’s industrial relations landscape.

The NLC also reported the Kaduna and Kogi state governments to the World Labour body over total disregard for the principle of collective bargaining which constitutes violations of ILO convention 98 for sacking workers indiscriminately and refusal tom pay salary of workers.

Wabba told the Committee which meets to review industrial relations in member countries that part of the bill sent to the nation’s parliament seeks to proscribe the NLC if it fails to amend its constitution to conform to the bill two years after being passed into law.

He said: “A new version of the Collective Labour Relations Bill is not a product of consultation and largely different from the one we have made inputs to some years ago. Strangely, this new version was to be surreptitiously passed into law, but for our vigilance and the candor of the parliament to undertake due diligence.

“Evidence of our claim that the intentions of the amendment were to undermine trade unions and unnecessarily distort our industrial relations landscape and temperature can be seen in one of the portions of this new bill which says “if after two years of commencement of the application of this Act, and the Nigeria Labour Congress has not amended her constitution to conform to this Act, it shall stand proscribed”.

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Buhari will always remain a terrorist, a bigot. Buhari has destroyed Nigeria democracy.
Anybody that speaks against him is seen as a treat.
Tinubu the frog eye has lost his voice. Greedy fool.

na all of una shout change... and na change una get..

e remain may day... dullard go soon give am kudirat day...

clueless party with a dullardeen leader..


una wailing just dey start.

Buhari always believes in Muscle-ing. Maybe that's what Nigerians deserve sef.