Nigeria: Groups Push for Expulsion of Tobacco Companies From ILO

17 October 2017

Nearly 200 public health organisations, labour rights outfits, and other groups have called on the International Labour Organisation, ILO, a United Nations agency, to expel tobacco companies from its membership and live up to its promise of protecting labourers.

Mark Hurley, International Director of Tobacco Industry Campaigns at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, said the groups submitted a letter describing how tobacco companies victimise farmers and other workers through practices including unfair pricing strategies, abusive contracts and child labour.

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