By Victor Ahiuma-Young

NATIONAL Industrial Court, NIC, has challenged stakeholders to sensitise workers on the provisions of the newly amended NIC Act.

President of NIC, Justice Babatunde Adejumo, specifically tasked the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies, MINILS, Ilorin, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress, TUC and the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, to ensure that workers understand the provisions of the amendment Act.

Speaking when the leadership of MINILS visited the NIC, Justice Adejumo said the trade unions and NECA should support the courts with its new responsibilities following the third alteration of the Nigeria Constitution, which now recognised the NIC as a superior court of records.

The NIC President told the MINILS team that the trade union must “sensitize the workers on the provisions of the NIC and the new amendment to know the position of the law.”

He explained that since March 4, 2011, the law has changed, adding that the NIC is now number four in the hierarchy of court in Nigeria, adding, “it has changed our political history, the sixth National Assembly amendment to the constitution has changed our labour legal jurisprudence.

The constitution has given NIC power to interpret collective agreement and enforce, this is one of the achievements of the amendments.”