Nigeria - 1976 - Labour

Trade Disputes Act, (Essential Services) 1976

Ministry of Labour and Employment, Nigeria

This is an Act empowering the President to proscribe any trade union whose member provide essential services if the union engage in actions that disrupt the provision of any essential services to the Nigerian public. The Act also specify the penalties for such actions.

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January 2022

This is an Act empowering the President to proscribe any trade union whose member provide essential services if the union engage in actions that disrupt the provision of any essential services to the Nigerian public. The Act also specify the penalties for such actions.

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