Women group urges labour to fight abuse of job outsourcing

The Society of Women in Taxation has called on the organized labour unions in Nigeria to fight and correct the growing trend of abuse of job outsourcing commonly called ‘casualisation’ in the country.

Chairperson of the group, Justina Okoror, said job casualisation and importation of foreigners to do the job Nigerians are capable of doing has risen to new heights in recent years, saying the practice is inimical to the well being of indigenous Nigerian workers.

She said this on Wednesday in Abuja while addressing newsmen on the upcoming conference by the group in Tinapa, Calabar, Cross Rivers state.

Okoror said instead of embarking on strike and opposing government policies, labour union need to rise up to the challenge.

“I advise labour to handle their responsibility well. Beyond embarking on strikes, there are deeper labour related issues that the organized labour should tackle such as casualisation of workers in the oil and gas sector and banks.”

Okoror said the conference with the theme: ‘The Role of Women in Enhancing Revenue Generation and Utilisation for Economic Growth’ is meant to mainstream the ability of women to contribute positively in the economic development of the country. She said women have not been given their rightful place to contribute to the nation’s growth especially at the state level.