The Women’s Wing of Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC,
yesterday, said that it was mobilising to fight s*xual
harassment against women, child labour and under-
age marriage.
Speaking to newsmen in Lagos, Ms Olubunmi Abikoye,
the Chairperson of Lagos wing of the NLC, told
newsmen: “We are working on a programme to move
against women’s s*xual harassment and child labour,
including under-age marriage, before the year runs
out.
“We are mobilising support to show that we are not in
support of all the s*xual harassment that is going on at
an alarming rate, both in the public and private
sectors. We also frown at child marriage and say no to
it.”
According to Abikoye, the union was partnering with
some non-governmental organisations and women’s
groups in various organisations, market women and the
grassroots, to carry women from all cadres along.
She also called on the Federal and state governments
to revert maternity leave for women to 84 working
days, instead of the current 84 days that included
weekends.
She said: “The 84 days with weekends are not enough
for a woman, who has carried a pregnancy for nine
months, to take care of herself and her baby after
birth.
“Government should, therefore, revert to the 84
working days maternity leave.”
Abikoye also advised women in the private sector to
watch out for clauses that peg maternity leave at
one month and reject them, while signing employment
contracts.
She said that the wing was working with various
women’s groups to identify other areas where women’s
rights were being violated and to tackle them.
She expressed concern about the violation of women’s
rights in the banking and insurance sectors, adding
that the union had identified some local and
international firms that employed children, and would
picket them.
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