Nigeria says it is planning to convert the Industrial Arbitration Panel (IAP) into a commission to give it more power in its operations in the country.
Sen. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment revealed this while receiving the management team of the Industrial Arbitration Panel in his office on Thursday in Abuja.
He said that the establishment of the commission would enable the panel address most of the challenges being faced in the discharge of its responsibilities
“The labour institutional bill we had in the National Assembly expired with the 7th National Assembly.
“So, we are going to represented the bill to the 8th National Assembly that would take care of converting the panel into a commission.
“ We are representing it for your place to be evolved in to a commission and if it is made a commission the benefits are monumental.
“As it will cut down cost of people going for litigation in the courts. It also will give speedily dispensation of industrial relations cases as justly and equitably.
“So justices will be brought quickly to the door steps of the Nigerian workers and their employers, ”he said.
Ngige said that the establishment of the commission would enable the panel to give its judgment without fear or favour and without discrimination.
The minister also noted that the ministry was also working on the outdated IAP rules guiding the establishment of the panel.
SUN
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