President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara state and the minister of state for Labour and Employment, Dr. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha will host an annual gathering of stakeholders in Nigeria’s labour relations system in Ilorin, the state capital on Tuesday.
Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Thursday, the director general of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Comrade Issa Aremu, said that the gathering of stakeholders in labour system, is the 10th national industrial labour relations summit.
Themed, “The Future of Work and Renewed Hope Agenda: Issues and Perspectives”, the director general of the MINILS said that the summit will have Minister of Planning, Atiku Bagudu, as the lead presenter.
Aremu, who said that the summit is expected to chart way forward to achieve industrial harmony among stakeholders, added that industrial harmony is capable of engendering peace, increased productivity and boost economic development in the country.
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He also said that the summit would deliberate on employment issues, adding that its main objective include promoting productive and secured decent work, social justice in work places, occupational health and safety and productivity for national development.
“Hundreds of participants drawn from organized labour, employers of labour women and youths people lwith disabilities, students of labour relations and civil society from private and public sectors are expected at the historic summit hosted by the the MINILS’ director general and management of this institute”, he said.
He added that discussants would also include President NLC, Comrade Joseph Ajaero, TUC President General, Comrade Festus Osifo, DG NECA, Mr. Adewale Smatt-Oyerinde, while the moderator is Professor Dafe OTOBO Professor Emeritus of Labour Studies in Africa.
“The summit offers a timely platform for the President, governors, employers of labour and labour market institutions to constructively reflect on the government labour agenda with respect to job creation, decent work, workers’ motivation and productivity improvement for National Development.
“The high point of the 2024 Summit is the conferment of deserving dignitaries with FELLOWSHIP OF NATIONAL LABOUR INSTITUTE (fnli) to notable labour market actors that have promoted decent work agenda as recommended by International Labour Organization (ILO). They includethe Governor’s of Kaduna state, Mallam Uba Sanni, Abia State, Chief Alex Otti, their counterparts from Borno, Bauchi and Osun States, Former Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola SAN, FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, and a host of others.
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