Nigerian Labour Opposes Workplace Reform Legislation

In Nigeria, legislation called the Labour Reform Bill that would severely weaken the labour movement continues to be pushed by the government in Senate hearings. The bill, which would impose restrictions on union membership and union operations, is seen as revenge on the Nigerian Labour Congress for its role in strikes and near strikes over fuel price increases. In vowing that the legislation will not get a reading in the National Assembly, PENGASSAN President Louis Brown Ogbeifun told trade publication Upstream, “The government would be shooting itself in the foot if it pushed through measures to decimate organized labour, and I think they’ll soon understand this fact.”