Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) - Nigeria (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes that no report has been received from the Government. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the following matters:

With reference to its observation under the Convention, the Committee requests again that the Government provide a copy of the Public Order (Amendment) Decree 1985 and the Public Order Act (No. 5 of 1979) and of any other recent enactments relating to public order. The Committee also requests the Government to indicate whether the Public Order Act No. 33 of 1966 has been repealed and if so, to provide a copy of the legislative provision adopted to this effect. The Committee further requests the Government to provide a copy of the most recent legislation applicable to the publication and circulation of newspapers.