Renewed Hope Agenda: Institute wants FG to strengthen labour market institutions
Director-General of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies, Issa Aremu, has advised the Federal Government to strengthen labour market institutions.
Mr Aremu gave the advice on Saturday in Ilorin, Kwara State, in commemoration of his first four-year tenure as the substantive DG of the institute.
According to him, strengthening the institutions will complement President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, with respect to decent mass employment, productivity improvement, industrial harmony and poverty eradication.
He commended Mr Tinubu’s administration for appreciating labour as a source of national wealth through the revised national minimum wage and payment of outstanding pension arrears.
He described MINILS as a premier national institute for labour studies since it was inaugurated by the late President Shehu Shagari in 1983.
He said the institute has impacted many Nigerian workers over the past 42 years through its regular systemic educational service delivery.
The director-general noted that the institute aligned with the policies of government in utilising locally produced goods in Nigeria, as it purchases locally assembled vehicles among others.
He, therefore, urged other relevant agencies to key into the initiative of the government, aimed at placing Nigerians in the heart of all businesses and economic activities in the country.
He added, “The institute has also been active in promoting industrial harmony at workplaces, labour and fostering government social dialogue. It also surpassed the 2024 Ministerial Deliverables Target of 1,250 to over 3,000 on-site/online at the institute in Ilorin. MINILS has trained as many as 720 youths drawn across the six geo-political zones in the country on entrepreneurship skills in cinematography, photography, carpentry, woodwork, and tie and dye.’’
Mr Aremu said that MINILS also recorded a significant gender mix of both male and female participants from different unions, employers’ associations and states including people living with disabilities.
(NAN)
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