AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS:EVOLUTION,CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS(1999-2023)

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) was created to be responsible for the reversal of government actions and policies. By advocating for the social, economic and political roles, not only to the working class but to all Nigerians both the employed and unemployed. As a very important and independent body that the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) is the huge differences that is supposed to be between the two bodies and what, the Nigerian Labour Congress can use to attack the government has vanished and now we have the government in Labour and Labour in government. Therefore, availability of the government to embark on any action,The Nigerian government already has a way of manipulating things, because In Nigeria, we cannot clearly state who the government and Labour leader is and who in essence the best of their interest are targeted at. This research study is therefore an attempt to examine how the Nigerian Labour Congress achieved their goals identifying their challenges, and their prospects in the economic development of Nigeria Qualitative research method was adopted to provide a holistic understanding of the progress, challenges and potential strategies for achieving economic development in Nigerian Labour Congress in Nigeria,Both Primary and Secondary data sources was collected. Survey Research design was considered for this study. The target population of the study constituted the Academic Staff and Non- Academic Staff of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago iwoye, Ogun State. The data collected were analyzed using thematic and content analyses. It was revealed from the findings that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has failed the Nigerian workers woefully and there is no goal achieved ,And also the challenges of Nigerian Labour Congress did not start today ,but keeps worsening as the day goes by ,because the Nigeria Labour Congress has lost its face , even to its members and general public ,and more reason why people do not regard or hold in high esteem Nigerian Labour Congress industrial action ,compared to ASUU ,it is as a result of the internal problems that has eaten the group up .Based on the findings of the study ,it was recommended that the internal democracy in the management of the Labour union should be given adequate attention.