Labour Minister, Dingyadi, Pledges To End Strike Actions

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Alhaji Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, has promised that the administration of President Bola Tinubu would end strike actions from labour unions.

Muhammadu Dingyadi promised to always run an open-door policy and engage in constructive dialogue with all labour unions to avert industrial actions.

Dingyadi stated this at the 7th Registrar of Trade Unions National Workshop on Current Challenges and Prospects of Trade Union Administration in Nigeria held in Abuja on Wednesday.

He noted that the trained workforce would be easy to manage and engage with as they would be enlightened. He explained that disputes between labour and government would crop up but paying attention to workers’ demands and engaging them remain the best approach to avert strike actions.

“The solution is for you to talk to the people who are aggrieved and to appeal to them not to go on strike. So, if you carry everybody along and listen to their grievances there will be no strike.

“What is important is for you to talk to the people, listen to their complaints and endeavour to give them what is due to them. This we are going to do,” Dingyadi said.

Speaking on the government not keeping to agreements, the Minister of Labour noted that most of the agreements were signed by previous governments. He emphasized that paucity of funds most times was responsible for the government’s delay in keeping to such agreements.

“You know that situations keep changing and we have to see what we can do to honour those agreements as much as possible. You will agree with me that things are not so easy now due to paucity of funds but we will sit together to see how we can move forward,” he stated.

He highlighted issues to be discussed at the workshop to include: Thematic labour areas such as the legality of strikes by unions, Rights at work concerning the promotion of harmonious labour relations through Collective Bargaining, Challenges and Creative solutions to the implementation of New Minimum wage.

Other topics were the Future of work in a challenging economy with perspective on workplace relations in Nigeria, and Effective management of Trade Unions affairs focusing on challenges and opportunities.

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