Industrialist Tasks Govts On Employment

An industrial relations expert, Mr Olajide Olugboye, has called on the Federal Government to improve on its industrial relations to attract investors into the economy and sustain employment.

Olugboye, the Managing Consultant, Teamwork Consultancy & Training Services, spoke in an interview with newsmen in Lagos.

He said that it was pertinent to develop effective industrial relations in governance because of the constant changes in the economy.

According to him, the government’s industrial relations must be targeted at reducing the current unemployment in the country.

He said that there had been massive loss of investment as a result of the crisis in the energy, banking and financial sectors.

“Today, membership of labour unions are declining because of the closure of businesses, retrenchment, downsizing, right sizing or outsourcing,’’ the consultant said.

Olugboye said that the poor state of infrastructural facilities had also made investors to move to other countries like Ghana and South Africa, which were considered more stable and safer.

“The industrial relations person should strive to get the factories back to production, remove insecurity to lives and property and resolve the crisis in the energy, banking and financial sectors among others.’’

He urged the government to invest in infrastructural development and curb the level of corruption in the country.

Olugboye also advised the government to improve communication with the people so that they would be committed to its policies and objectives.

He said that the government must promote and maintain national integration by reducing the number of industrial disputes with workers.