The International Labour Organization, (ILO) Abuja Country Office for Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Gambia and Liaison Office for ECOWAS has supported the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC’s) Rain School 2014.
As one of the tripartite social partners of the ILO, the NLC has been organizing Rain School annually in one of the Southern States of Nigeria and Harmattan School in one of the Northern States of Nigeria. The 2014 NLC Rain School took place at Workers’ Solidarity Centre, behind Akwa Ibom State Secretariat, Atan Offot, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria from 25 to 29 August 2014. The Rain School is a flagship of NLC’s educational activities and has trained thousands of labour leaders since its inception.
With the theme “Inequality and socio-political instability: issues and challenges for the working class” the 2014 Rain School was organized under three modular courses namely, Leadership, Organizers and Gender with the following objectives:
To bring Trade Unionists together to share ideas and experiences
To provide a platform for workers to examine the level of inequality and socio-political instability in Nigeria
To raise workers’ consciousness towards building popular power for redistribution of wealth and social justice.
