Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2022, published 111st ILC session (2023)

Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935 (No. 45) - Nigeria (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee recalls that the ILO Governing Body (at its 334th Session, October–November 2018), on the recommendation of the Standards Review Mechanism (SRM) Tripartite Working Group, classified Convention No. 45 as an outdated instrument, and has placed an item on the agenda of the International Labour Conference in 2024 (112th Session) for due regard to be given to its abrogation. The Governing Body also requested the Office to follow up with Member States currently bound by Convention No. 45 to encourage the ratification of up-to-date instruments related to occupational safety and health, including but not limited to the Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176), and to launch a campaign to promote the ratification of Convention No. 176. The Committee therefore encourages the Government to follow up on the Governing Body’s decision at its 334th Session (October–November 2018) approving the recommendations of the SRM Tripartite Working Group, and to consider ratifying the most up-to-date instruments in this subject area. The Committee takes this opportunity to recall that in June 2022, the International Labour Conference added the principle of a safe and healthy working environment to the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, thus amending the 1998 Declaration on Principles and Fundamental Rights at Work. The Committee draws the Government's attention to the possibility of requesting technical assistance from the Office for the purpose of bringing both the practice and the applicable legislation into conformity with the fundamental Conventions relating to occupational safety and health, and to provide support for any consideration of ratification of these standards.