Nigeria: Casualisation of Work - How Nigerians Are Being Enslaved

opinion

Casualisation of work, just like corruption, seems to have become a menace that Nigerians would have to learn how to live with. In spite of various efforts by organised labour movement and series of appeals by International Labour Organisation (ILO) to rid the work place of casual, contract workers so as to provide decent working environment for employees, who should be engaged on a permanent appointment basis, the trend appears to be waxing stronger. In this special report on the menace of casualisation, outsourcing and contracting of work, Sylvester Enoghase, Phillip Oladunjoye, Emma Okwuke, Abel Orupke, Saheed Bakare and Judith Eshemitan, examine the reasons for casual workers, the implications on the employees and employers and what should be done to bring the practice to the barest minimum. Excerpt:

Many Nigerians are arguably suffering from the menace of casual workers, which both the labour movement and the governments at the various levels could not find a lasting solution to.

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