FG charged on workers’ human rights

The federal government has been advised to put in place policies and strategies to meet the human rights needs of workers in the country.

Speaking at the public lecture and national dialogue, organized by the Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, the acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, said that economic fortune of a nation is attributable to provision of decent jobs to meet human rights needs in terms of employment.

Dr. Yemi-Esan, who reiterated the commitment of her office to partner with relevant government agencies and professional organizations on the human rights needs of workers, said that the step would ensure that issues concerning human rights in employment relations in Nigeria are accorded top priority and treated passionately.

“I want to reassure that the government is on track in addressing the issues in relation to employment in Nigeria. To achieve this, my office has initiated various programs to transform and reposition the federal civil service into a modern public service organization that provides world-class service for sustainable national development”, she said.

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Talking on theme of the event, “Casting Human Rights in Employment Relations Mould: from state to workplace perspective”, the director general/chief executive of the MINILS, Mr. Saliu Alabi, said that human rights are key elements in overall strategy for engendering decent jobs as well as transforming employment relationships and work pace practices.

“There is increasing consensus that the workplace is a critical platform upon which development processes could be fostered, at both strategic and operational levels.

“Therefore, it is our hope that this activity will assist the process of evolving progressive social models in which workplace issues and industrial relations actors are given prominence”, he said.