Abstract
The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of current reforms on labour and the civil society in Nigeria. The targeted outcome of the reforms essentially is to reduce poverty and generally improve the lot of the people. It is therefore significant to examine the extent to which the reforms are affecting, positively or negatively, the Nigerian people. This paper therefore provides an overview of the extent to which stakeholders in the Nigerian project are variously affected by current economic reforms, their reactions and the ways in which future policy reforms should be approached. The paper relies on reviews of archival materials and focal interviews of relevant groups to provide insightful information. It was found that reactions have been largely impulsive, lacking coherent future follow-through actions to consolidate initial gains. It is now learnt from lessons of experience that reforms must be appropriate, timely but not impulsive, and well-articulated to achieve the targeted results. It is recommended that policy reforms should be jointly initiated, considered and driven by all constituents to the Nigerian project, to achieve a sense of ownership and high volume commitment.
Highlights
Reforms become necessary, expedient or even compulsive when existing structures and processes are visibly malfunctioning and or counterproductive
The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of selected economic reforms on labour and the civil society in Nigeria
The 6334 educational policy took a long time to strategically outline by the Government of Nigeria, but the stakeholders tactically frustrated it by their disapproval of aspect of terminating at 3-year programmes at technical colleges in place of senior secondary school (SSS), and eventually preferring instead movement into universities after the SSS class
Summary
Expedient or even compulsive when existing structures and processes are visibly malfunctioning and or counterproductive. The largely subsistent agricultural sector has failed to keep up with high population volume of close to 200 million in 2019. There is so much growth but the economy has little to show for this at the level of distribution to its citizens, and poverty continues relentlessly This phenomenon may have incensed the civil society with a sense of suspicion and lack of sincerity for government reforms, and the logistics of the stakeholders’ reactions to government reforms. The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of selected economic reforms on labour and the civil society in Nigeria. DEMOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY OF THE NIGERIAN PEOPLE Nigeria is famous for her huge population of about 200 million people (Worldometers, 2019) the largest national population on the African continent This population is made up of about 374 pure ethnic stocks.
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