The Nigeria Labour Congress NLC has raised concerns over the country’s poor global standing on workers’ rights, revealing that Nigeria has once again been ranked among the 10 worst nations in the world for labour rights violations.
The NLC described the ranking as a national embarrassment and called on employers to lead the charge in reversing the trend.
The President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, made this known during the 68th Annual General Meeting of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, held in Lagos yesterday.
Represented by the Deputy President of the NLC and immediate past President-General of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, Adewale Adeyanju, Ajaero said the latest 2025 ITUC Global Rights Index placed Nigeria among the worst violators of workers’ rights globally.