Labour And Economic Reforms In Nigeria; Case Study Of Federal Government Deregulation Of Petroleum Prices (1999-2005)

ABSTRACT The poor performance of Nigeria’s oil sector has affected the socio-economic development of the country. This has made the government to formulate a deregulation policy to reform this ailing sector of the economy and to boost production and performance. However to understand the acceptability of this policy by organized labour, this study becomes very important. In this study three research questions were raised they include; why is government deregulating the petroleum sub-sector of the economy? What have been labour’s attitude to deregulation of petroleum products prices by governm…