By Victor Ahiuma-Yyoung
PORT HARCOURT— TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has called on employers, labour and other stakeholders to ensure the success of Employees’ Compensation Act, ECA, designed to compensate employees or their dependants in case of death, injury, disease or disability arising out of, or in the course, of employment.

The ECA, signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan in 2010, also makes provision for rehabilitation of employees with work-related disabilities, establish and maintain a solvent compensation fund managed in the interest of employees and employers, among others.

Chairman of Rivers State chapter of TUC, Comrade Chika Onuegbu, in a statement, called on trade unions to adequately educate members and others on the ECA.

He said: “The fact remains that unless employees and their labour unions are knowledgeable about the key provisions of the Act, it would not serve any useful purpose.

“Consequently the next most important duty of a trade union with respect to the Employee Compensa-tion Act 2010 is to educate her members and the general public on the key provisions of the Act and ensure that they are well aware of their rights and responsibilities under the Act.

“They are encouraged to summarise the key provisions of the Act in a bulletin for easy guidance of their members and the general public.”