President Tinubu to Deliver Keynote Address as Ilorin Hosts National Labour Summit
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to officially open the 10th National Industrial Labour Relations Summit (NLRS) on Tuesday, 26th November 2024, in Ilorin, Kwara State.
The summit, organised by the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), aims to establish a framework for fostering industrial harmony across the country.
The event will also feature the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Dr Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, alongside the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, as hosts.
The Director General of MINILS, Comrade Issa Aremu, who spoke through the Director, Social Protection Department of the institute, Mrs Olaide Ajiboye made these known during a news conference heralding the labour summit in Ilorin.
Aremu, said that the summit will chart way forward on how to achieve industrial harmony among stakeholders.
He added that industrial harmony is capable of engendering peace, increasing productivity and boosting economic development in the country.
Aremu said that the summit would deliberate on employment issues, adding that its objectives include promoting productive and secured decent work, social justice in workplaces, occupational health and safety and productivity for national development.
“Hundreds of participants drawn from organized labour, employers of labour women, youths, and people living with 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.
Themed, “The Future of Work and Renewed Hope Agenda: Issues and Perspectives,” the Director General disclosed that the summit will have the Minister of Planning, Atiku Bagudu as the lead presenter.
He added that discussants would also include the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC), Comrade Joseph Ajaero, President of the Trade Union Congress(TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo, Director General of NECA, Mr. Adewale Smatt-Oyerinde, while the moderator is Professor Dafe Otobo, Professor Emeritus of Labour Studies in Africa.
According to him, 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.
He added that 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 the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
They include the Governors of Kaduna State, Uba Sanni, Abia State, Alex Otti, and their counterparts from Borno, Bauchi and Osun States, former Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and a host of others.
Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS) is a tripartite training and research Institution established by the Federal Government in 1983 with the mandate to promote industrial harmony in the world of work through regular education of workers, employers and government officials.
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