ILO calls for a strong social dialogue for sustainable development of Nigeria
Blurb: The ILO urged some 800 national delegates from the Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria to better use social dialogue mechanisms for improved governance and sustainable development.
3 June 2016
Abuja (ILO News) – The Director of the ILO Country Office, Abuja, Mr Dennis Zulu, on Thursday 2nd June 2016 encouraged the Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria to use social dialogue as the best route for its engagement with Government and Employers.
The call came at the 10th Triennial National Delegates Conference of the TUC held in Abuja on 2nd and 3rd June 2016 under the theme “Labour and National Re-orientation: The Change we want”. TUC is one of the two government-recognised labour centres with 21 affiliate labour unions across various sectors of the economy.
Mr Zulu reminded delegates that today’s world was consistently in a state of change.
“Labour market as we know today will not be shielded from the winds of change and therefore it would be impacted upon both fundamentally and in its detail”, he stated.
These changes in the labour market and economies, according to Mr. Zulu, “offer us an opportunity for reflection on the past Labour market trends with an aim of providing some possible insights into the future. This we hope will equip us with the ability to anticipate and design appropriate responses”.
Faced with the unprecedented impact of climate change, demographic growth, conflicts and migration, transformations would necessarily reshape the range of policies governments need to navigate through a dynamic and increasing complex mix of challenges and that Labour needed to understand what these transformations meant for the Labour movement, governments, and employers in order to formulate policies that would help them surmount the challenges facing labour market.
In the face of these changes, Mr Zulu underscored that the tripartite partners that they can never be bystanders. Addressing labour, he said “You are the agents of change as it is you who will be able to contribute to the development of new policies and build stronger institutions that make the world of work a better place for present and future generations. It is in this light that I wish to take this opportunity to commend the TUC for taking the bold and proactive step towards determining and shaping the kind of change it desires”.
In his address, the President of Trade Union Congress Bobboi Bala Kaigama, regretted that Nigeria was “in a period of Stagflation with its attendant slow economic growth, high unemployment and rising prices”. He stated that the theme of the conference “Labour and National Re-orientation: the Change we want” was crafted to reflect Nigeria’s present situation and steps needed to be taken to reshape the country and favourable reposition it to rank among the best in the comity of nations.
In his opening remarks, the Honourable Minster of Labour and Employment, Senator (Dr) Chris Ngige, commended the understanding of Trade Union Congress in the face of the present economic crisis in Nigeria and called for more sacrifice on the part of the Nigerian Labour. He stated that labour was the most important resource any nation can have, adding that with the sacrifice of labour, Nigeria’s economic crisis can be turn to economic boom thereby making Nigeria one of the 1st world countries.
He said that government was sensitive to the plight of workers and was therefore doing everything possible to ameliorate the current suffering being experienced by Nigerians through a palliative regime put in place by the government.
The call came at the 10th Triennial National Delegates Conference of the TUC held in Abuja on 2nd and 3rd June 2016 under the theme “Labour and National Re-orientation: The Change we want”. TUC is one of the two government-recognised labour centres with 21 affiliate labour unions across various sectors of the economy.
Mr Zulu reminded delegates that today’s world was consistently in a state of change.
“Labour market as we know today will not be shielded from the winds of change and therefore it would be impacted upon both fundamentally and in its detail”, he stated.
These changes in the labour market and economies, according to Mr. Zulu, “offer us an opportunity for reflection on the past Labour market trends with an aim of providing some possible insights into the future. This we hope will equip us with the ability to anticipate and design appropriate responses”.
Faced with the unprecedented impact of climate change, demographic growth, conflicts and migration, transformations would necessarily reshape the range of policies governments need to navigate through a dynamic and increasing complex mix of challenges and that Labour needed to understand what these transformations meant for the Labour movement, governments, and employers in order to formulate policies that would help them surmount the challenges facing labour market.
In the face of these changes, Mr Zulu underscored that the tripartite partners that they can never be bystanders. Addressing labour, he said “You are the agents of change as it is you who will be able to contribute to the development of new policies and build stronger institutions that make the world of work a better place for present and future generations. It is in this light that I wish to take this opportunity to commend the TUC for taking the bold and proactive step towards determining and shaping the kind of change it desires”.
In his address, the President of Trade Union Congress Bobboi Bala Kaigama, regretted that Nigeria was “in a period of Stagflation with its attendant slow economic growth, high unemployment and rising prices”. He stated that the theme of the conference “Labour and National Re-orientation: the Change we want” was crafted to reflect Nigeria’s present situation and steps needed to be taken to reshape the country and favourable reposition it to rank among the best in the comity of nations.
In his opening remarks, the Honourable Minster of Labour and Employment, Senator (Dr) Chris Ngige, commended the understanding of Trade Union Congress in the face of the present economic crisis in Nigeria and called for more sacrifice on the part of the Nigerian Labour. He stated that labour was the most important resource any nation can have, adding that with the sacrifice of labour, Nigeria’s economic crisis can be turn to economic boom thereby making Nigeria one of the 1st world countries.
He said that government was sensitive to the plight of workers and was therefore doing everything possible to ameliorate the current suffering being experienced by Nigerians through a palliative regime put in place by the government.