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Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:Labour and the Nigerian economy
Author:Fashoyin, TayoISNI
Year:1989
Periodical:Vierteljahres-Berichte: Probleme der internationalen Zusammenarbeit
Issue:116
Pages:165-172
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:labour
labour law
Abstract:The past two decades have seen profound changes in the status and role of labour in the Nigerian economy. Because of the favourable economic climate of the 1970s, the conditions of workers improved. For example, the annual rate of growth of real wages rose by 5.6 percent during 1978-1980. The labour movement was rescued from a debilitating weakness by a government-initiated restructuring in 1976-1978. Enhanced by its newly acquired image, the labour movement won for its members improved conditions of employment. However, the economic recession of the 1980s, coupled with the reign of intolerant military administrations, reversed much of the gains of the 1970s. Prospects for labour in the 1990s will depend on the government's acceptance of labour as a major partner in development. Bibliogr., notes, sum. in English (p. 120), French (p. 124), and German (p. 116).
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