Abstract
There are several competing issues deducible for the rise in industrial disharmony in government establishments in the recent time. One of such is the dearth of competence and perquisite managerial skill on the part of the authorities for effective management of situations that eventually escalate and lead to industrial breakdown. There is also the school of thought that welfare situation in most government establishments is so much at low ebb that constant industrial challenges have become inevitable. Others argued that the culture of protest against government or allied authorities was inherited during the independence when the nationalists rallied workers behind themselves to drive home their points for self-government. However, there has been scanty attempt to espouse the concrete issues involved in the rules of engagement guiding the legal relationship between labour and managers of public interests. This paper therefore re-examined issues involved in the law and practice of industrial relations in Nigeria with a view to addressing the challenges of incessant breakdown in industrial relations in public offices with emphasis of the right of the two parties involved in industrial relations development in Nigeria.
Highlights
Perhaps the most reasonable starting point for this paper is to conceptualise major variables that cut across the paper and these are: labour, management, government and labour Law
The ASUU (Academic Staff Union of Universities) freshly embarked on a week warning strike commencing on Monday 26th September to 30 September 2011 over a breach of agreement reached by the parties that, is ASUU and The Federal Government of Nigeria in 2009 to raise budgetary allocation for education sector to 26% of the total budget to meet the UNESCO benchmark for all nations
We conclude with the following measures to enhance labour industrial relations development in Nigeria: 1. It is not enough to enact law but the most important thing is to enforce the law in good faith by the law enforcement agency and to ensure that the citizens must comply with the law as non-compliance or breach of law is actionable and such a breach is punishable if found guilty
Summary
Perhaps the most reasonable starting point for this paper is to conceptualise major variables that cut across the paper and these are: labour, management, government and labour Law. V. The Labour Law: In general, law is an instrument of maintaining social order in a given society. The Labour Law: In general, law is an instrument of maintaining social order in a given society It regulates the rulers and the subjects. Nigeria attained independence from British Government precisely on 1st October 1960. The military leadership in Nigeria governance can be described as “the uncommanding commander whose authority cannot be challenged and whose decrees and edicts are final as the Nigeria constitution was suspended. To this end, some unions were banned because they were hostile to the Military Administration. The Unions leaders’ position is that the military is an aberration or rather a misnomer and its authority must be challenged as radical leaders, they contended
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