The Advisory Association of Employers of Nigeria (NECA) has expressed a serious concern for the current action by the Nigerian Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Association (Pengassan), warning that the action is equivalent to self -help and is equivalent to economic sabotage capable of derailing the fragile economic recovery of the country.
In a statement issued in Lagos, the Director General of Neca, Mr. Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, emphasized that: “The conflict is an inevitable characteristic of the labor ecosystem, and Nigeria has statutory and institutional frameworks designed to address any dispute, including the industrial arbitration panel (IAP) and the National Industrial Court of Niger of the interation of the condition of the condition of the condition, the interruption (IAP).
“It is unacceptable that any union reclined or obliges those who are not interested in their action or interrupting the operations of legitimate companies that are not on the part of the dispute. Treating the institutions of the labor administration with disdain and resorting to self -assessment is not only absurd, but also against all known conventions and recommendations. When employers or workers are aggravated, institutions created for awards or arbitrations known.
Speaking beyond, the DG pointed out that: “The uninformed and disruptive actions that could endanger the economic survival of the nation are not planned or acceptable in global work practice. Neca will not be a passive spectator as the foundation of the base of the Nigeria Labor Ecosystem.
Citing international labor instruments, including the conventions of ILO 87 and 98, Mr. Oyerinde reaffirmed Neca’s commitment to defend global work standards, decent work and responsible commercial behavior, while not negotiating the rights of employers to administer their companies and investments within the scope of the law. He stressed that the protection provided to union officials under international conventions does not extend to sabotage, coercion or the actions undermining legitimate companies or threaten national security.
Mr. Oyerinde asked the Honorable Minister of Labor and Employment to act decisively stopping the meaningless and deliberate denigration of the Nigeria industrial relations system. He said that “with Nigeria sending one of the highest delegations to the ILO conference annually, it is curious that the basic principles and recommendations of industrial relations remain poorly applied.” He asked that the dispute be resolved through legal and constructive channels, warning that the fact that it does not act decisively could have long -range consequences for economic sustainability, the creation and preservation of employment, the attraction and promotion of investment and national development.
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