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Military Laws for Review From Ahamefula Ogbu in Abuja All laws bequeathed to the country by the military are to be reviewed. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari, who made this disclosure yesterday, noted that the essence was to make the laws conform to democratic dictates and values. Masari spoke at the opening of public hearing on the Labour Reform Bill by the House Committee on the review of the bill. Chairman of the Committee, Hoourable Obeten Obeten said the issue had a lot to do with the development of the economy and had to be carefully handled. After the opening ceremony, the Trade Union Congress, represented by its Secretary General, Comrade John Kolawole, queried the House on why it fixed the hearing during a strike period, which the lawmakers were supposed to be part of. Obeten said they were on a national duty and not part of the strike, noting that Labour enjoyed sympathy of the House. Kolawole later called for the dissolution of the Nigeria Labour Congress and liberalisation of labour centres, adding that the present law disenfranchised some category of workers from belonging and having their rights protected. According to him, if liberalisation of the centres were done without removing the name of NLC, the unions will soon run into legal tango, since NLC was supposed to relinquish its hold as a central labour union. Comrade Chidi Nnorom of the Coalition of Trade Unions expressed the same view. He reasoned that though NLC had been talking tough, the Nigerian worker has not been bettered by its actions. To him, the best approach was to remove NLC as the central body and open the way for people in similar trades to come together to form their own unions, which when they meet the requirements, can become a federation. He said the Constitution has provided for freedom of association and that forcing people to stay in a particular union offended such Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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