Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 1990, Publicación: 77ª reunión CIT (1990)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report. It also notes with interest the adoption of the Workmen's Compensation Decree No. 17 of 12 June 1987.

The Committee notes that section 2(2)(b) of the above Decree excludes from its scope any workman employed in the public service of the Federation who has been first engaged in a place outside Nigeria and is not a Nigerian citizen. It requests the Government to specify the scope, in practice, of the above provision of the Decree and to indicate the number of workers engaged under these conditions. It also requests the Government to indicate the industrial accidents compensation scheme under which these workers are covered.