The
Director-General/Chief Executive, Micheal Imoudu National Institute
for Labour Studies, Dr. Niyi Olanrewaju, on Friday called on the
striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off
their four months-old strike in view of the new offer of the Federal
Government to ASUU.
Federal Government had during its
meeting with ASUU on Monday and Tuesday offered to inject N1.1trn into
public universities in the next five years.
In a pre-summit media conference in
Ilorin, Olanrewaju stated that strikes were inimical to national and
educational development. The summit, according to him, is to focus on on
labour law, institutional reforms and development process in Nigeria.
He stated that industrial harmony is an
indispensable strategy that would boost industrialisation and trade as
well as attract foreign direct investments into Nigeria’s economy.
According to him, it is only in an
atmosphere of industrial harmony that the potential of industrial
actors: the government, employers and workers; will be unleashed for
greater productivity.
Olanrewaju said the summit will provide
a platform for the tripartite body, who are major stakeholders in the
industrial relations of Nigeria to discuss developmental issues that are
of national importance and are germane to industrial growth.
“There can never be national development
without industrialisation and foreign direct investments. You need
peace and harmony to unleash the potential of the the employers,
government and the workers,” he said.
Olanrewaju urged the government to
ensure that there is industrial peace at all times so as to attract or
retain foreign direct investment into the economy.
He added that investors would be willing to invest only in a peaceful and rewarding environment.
He said, “Even the much desired foreign
investors will not want to invest in an economy that is prone to crisis
and work stoppages.
“That is why government should try at
all times to guarantee very peaceful and harmonious industrial relations
to attract investments because every body that puts money in an economy
will expect a reward and a return.
“Part of the return can only come when
there is productivity and productivity can only be enhanced when there
is industrial peace.”
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