ILO makes case for enabling work environment

Director ILO Country Office for Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Gambia; and Liaison Office for ECOWAS Ms.SinaChuma-Mkandawire stated this during activities marking this year’s National Productivity in Abuja.Mkandawire said a well balanced work environment ensures workers remain in work and realise their goals and ambitions due to the high rate of survival and […]

Director ILO Country Office for Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Gambia; and Liaison Office for ECOWAS Ms.SinaChuma-Mkandawire stated this during activities marking this year’s National Productivity in Abuja.
Mkandawire said a well balanced work environment ensures workers remain in work and realise their goals and ambitions due to the high rate of survival and growth of the enterprises concerned.
“For enterprises to be sustainable and competitive, the ILO tripartite partners should work with government to ensure an enabling environment that is characterised by peace and political stability; good governance, social dialogue, respect for universal human rights; entrepreneurial culture; sound and stable macro-economic policy,” she said.
 Also included in the mix according to her are “trade and sustainable economic integration; enabling legal and regulatory environment; rule of law and secure property rights; fair competition; access to financial services; physical infrastructure; information and communication technology; education, training and lifelong learning; social justice and social inclusion; adequate social protection among others.”  
She maintained that “productivity strategies involve partnership, with each partner having important roles to play. The potential for improving resource and energy efficiency in the production and consumption cycle should be exploited fully if Nigeria must accelerate productivity growth. We should also aim at improving the skills and attitudes of workers.
“Motivation should also be factored in when the overall scheme of improving productivity is being planned. The tripartite partners should contribute and invest their respective resources with the aim of making gains. Such productivity gains should be distributed in such a way that Government, employers and workers benefit from the gains.