The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has threatened to
sanction banks, over indiscriminate sack of workers , saying they ought to
declare redundancy before taking such decisions.
Ngige, who resumed duty on Thursday
alongside the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Tayo Alasoadura,
said it was worrisome that workers were sacked without recourse to due process
of disengagement.
He said the ministry has introduced time frame of running agreements that
have been reached with trade unions in order to make an insurable industrial
climate and also stem the tide of job losses through a proactive action from
this ministry.
The minister aside the banks also finger the oil industry who he said it
has discovered having used earlier people, want to dispose them and bring
relatives and other friends.
Ngige said through the department of
cooperatives, currently managed by the ministry of agriculture, government will
ensure that all states of the federation collaborate to promote
self-employment.
He pledged commitment to continue working with the labour unions, saying
due process would be followed to engender peaceful industrial peace and
harmony.
