NUCTE Wants Implementation Of Decent Work Principles

The leadership of the National Union of Telecommunication Technology Employees (NUCTE), has decried the plight of workers in the Telecommunication industry.

In a statement, the National President  of the union, Comrade Sunday Alhassan said the principles of decent  work are being violated by some foreign courier companies  operating in the country.

Comrade  Alhassan said the union intends to ensure the full implementation of the decent work principles  within  the  telecoms sector through the unionisation of the workers.

He said private  telecoms  operators and courier  companies workers lacks  mechanism to protect workers rights, stressing that these companies deliberately breach the country’s  labour  law with impunity.

The union leader said managements of these companies  interfere in the ability of the Nigeria workers to undertake their daily economic activities in the dignity  and conditions that promote respect for the workers no matter his or her  status.

He said these anti labour policies toward Nigeria Workers are neither practiced  nor tolerated in these  companies home countries, stressing that the unfair labour practices defile decency of work and dignity. Comrade Alhassan said the International Labour Congress (ILO) has four pillars of decent work to be complied with, which are employment opportunities, workers right, social protection and representation.

The union boss urged foreign companies operating within Nigeria telecoms  industry to urgently comply with the International Labour Congress (ILO) Standard of decent work, stressing that the workers need to know their rights, and have a union  to stand and protect their rights against unjust policies and labour practices.

Meanwhile, Comrade Alhassan has called for a speedy commercialisation of the Nigerian Postal  Service (NIPOST) to stimulate the growth of the sector.

The union boss said the union  was not opposed  to the commercialisation of  NIPOST  by the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) stressing that the reposition of NIPOST will facilitate the imperative  study on the activities of some of the privatised  companies to determine if commercialisation of these companies was working or not.