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VOL. 6, ISSUE 3 (2024)
Some significant events in labour relations and labour unions in Nigeria
Authors
Emuobo Emudainohwo
Abstract
The paper examines some significant events in
labour relations and labour unions in Nigeria. There have been events that had
had significant effects on labour policy and labour unions in Nigeria. First
after the Nigerian civil war in 1970, the government set up the Adebo and Udoji
Wage Commissions to review and recommend wages for workers. It will appear that
between 1970-1975 government (as the major employer and a model for smaller
employers) did not encourage collective bargaining among workers but rather
employed ad-hoc wage commissions for fixing wages and other conditions of
employment in the public sector. Some of the regulations and policies made
include: The Wages Boards and Industrial Councils Decree promulgated to assist
workers where the unions were weak or non-existent, The Labour Policy of 4th
December 1975 restructured the unions into 42 with one central union- the
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). Also, in the same year government banned
affiliations with all foreign trade unions and ordered a probe into the
activities and assets of the major trade unions. The National Economic Emergency
Power (Nigerian Labour Congress) Order promulgated in 1988 had the effect of
removing the executive officers of the NLC following an internal crisis, and
then appointed an administrator for the NLC and further directed the
administrator to organize a delegate conference within six months to set up a
new National Executive Council. Another significant event which affected labour
relations in Nigeria was the introduction of the Structural Adjustment
Programme (SAP) in 1986. Labour unions resisted the SAP through strikes.
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Pages:340-342
How to cite this article:
Emuobo Emudainohwo "Some significant events in labour relations and labour unions in Nigeria". International Journal of Law, Policy and Social Review, Vol 6, Issue 3, 2024, Pages 340-342
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