Worried by increasing discrimination against physically challenged persons in the workplace, the International Labour Organisation,ILO, and other stakeholders have taken new steps to put an end to the development.

TALES of woe from Federal Government retirees in Lagos, have continued to elicit emotional reactions as the retired civil servants battle to draw attention of government to their plight.

The Commission submits that the National Assembly should de-emphasis the issue of qualifying years of experience and adopt the model of the CBN Act where no requirement of specific years of post-qualification experience is stipulated by the CBN Act. This is the position that is consistent with global best practice which emphasizes competency rather than years of post-qualification experience, which does not necessarily translate into capacity and capability.

This is the concluding part of the article by Comrade Salihu Lukman, a former Assistant General Secretary with the Nigeria Labour Congress on the inclusion of the National Minimum Wage on the concurrent rather than the exclusive list as it is now. The first part was published on August 1, 2013.

The Commission submits that the National Assembly should de-emphasis the issue of qualifying years of experience and adopt the model of the CBN Act where no requirement of specific years of post-qualification experience is stipulated by the CBN Act. This is the position that is consistent with global best practice which emphasizes competency rather than years of post-qualification experience, which does not necessarily translate into capacity and capability.