FG charges states to make workplace safety productivity tool

By Dickson Omobola

Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has said a harmless and steadfast workforce is cardinal to improving nationalist productivity.

Onyejeocha, who commended the Lagos State authorities for promoting occupational information and wellness standards, urged different states to travel its model.

Speaking astatine the Lagos State Occupational Safety and Health, LASOSH, Conference 2025, themed: ‘Occupational Safety and Health arsenic a Catalyst for Nation Building,’ she said the Lagos State Safety Commission and the medication of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu person been proactive successful its committedness to gathering a safer enactment environment.

She said: “I indispensable commend Lagos State for the imaginativeness it has demonstrated done the Lagos State Safety Commission. The Commission’s ngo to ‘proactively marque information a lifestyle’ is not conscionable a slogan; it is simply a telephone to enactment that reflects forward-thinking leadership.”

She noted that workplace information is cardinal to Nigeria’s economical transformation, adding: “A harmless and steadfast workforce is the bedrock of productivity. When information is prioritised, workers execute astatine their best, businesses stay competitive, and nationalist productivity increases.”

The Minister reaffirmed the Federal Government’s committedness to moving with states, employers and different stakeholders to fortify occupational information and wellness practices nationwide.

She explained that the Ministry was aligning its initiatives with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which emphasises occupation creation, economical growth, and the payment of Nigerian workers.

She said: “Our extremity is to guarantee that information is afloat integrated into nationalist efforts connected occupation instauration and employability. We are committed to supporting employers with applicable regulations that support workers portion enabling endeavor to thrive.”

She called for greater collaboration among government, the backstage assemblage and civilian nine successful gathering a safety-first civilization that protects each idiosyncratic some successful the ceremonial and informal sectors.

She said: “Government cannot bash it alone. Employers, commercialized unions, civilian society, academia, and the media each person captious roles to play successful cultivating a safety-first culture.”

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