Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Nigeria (Ratification: 1960)

Point IV of the report form. Further to its observation, the Committee notes the brief information contained in the Government's report in reply to its previous comments. It recalls its previous request for an appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied, and for information on practical difficulties encountered in general. In this regard the Committee trusts the Government will endorse the recommendations of the ILO tripartite mission to evaluate the system of labour inspection in Nigeria that took place in 1991, which should ensure a better implementation of the Convention in practice, and permit the Government to take or envisage measures with regard to the following subject areas raised in its previous comments and to provide details in its next report:

(a) the role, functions and system of labour and factory inspection (having particular regard to the supervisory and coordinating role of the central authority and the need to collaborate with employers and workers or their organizations under Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention);

(b) the mobility of inspectors and their role in respect of their effectiveness (having regard to the need for transport and other facilities in accordance with Article 11);

(c) the planning and organization of inspection methods and techniques (having regard to the need to ensure effective application of laws under Article 16, and the need for inspectors to submit regular reports on their activities under Article 19);

(d) the manner in which inspectors carry out their functions (having particular regard to their powers under Articles 12 and 13 and enforcement measures under Articles 17 and 18);

(e) staff development (having particular regard to questions of recruitment, members, status and training under Articles 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 15).