Despite the aforementioned deliberate efforts at improving workers’ welfare by the Federal Government, it is disheartening that many states
Most disheartening is the non-payment of retired workers’ pensions and gratuities. The senior citizens are made to undergo harrowing experiences for years before their retirement benefits are paid to them. In the course of that time, many die leaving their next-of-kin to continue to wage the battle for the payment of the entitlements of their departed loved ones.
In the organised private sector, some of the unwholesome labour practices include casualisation, working overtime without getting paid for it and non-payment of compensation for injuries suffered in workplaces.
This is now reportedly common practice in banks and other financial institutions as well as factories owned by some of the Asian investors in Nigeria. A friend of mine used to work for one of such companies in the Oshodi – Isolo axis of Lagos where he works 12 hours shifts. The standard labour law says a worker shall work for eight hours a day and 40 hours per week. Any work done above that should attract extra pay. However, in many Nigerian companies, this provision is observed in breach.
It is rather unfortunate that incessant strikes have been the hallmark of workers’ unions in the recent past. Last year, the Academic Staff Union of Universities embarked on an industrial action for eight months. In 2020, they were on strike for 10 months. The Nigerian Medical Association and the National Association of Resident Doctors have perpetually been at loggerheads with federal and state governments over welfare issues.
Very concerning for me is the high dependency ratio of Nigerian workers coupled with hyperinflation, insecurity and the high debt profile of the country under the outgoing Buhari regime. The low revenue of the government, corruption and oil theft, high unemployment rate and the country’s mono-culture economy combined to paint a gloomy picture for the incoming administration who will most likely meet empty treasury.
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