Here in this post, we are going to bring to you 5 functions of the Nigerian employers’ consultation association. We hope you find this info useful.
The Nigeria Employers Consultation Association in an organization in charge of the organized private sector in Nigeria.
In other words, the Nigeria Employers Consultation Association in the umbrella or apex organization of Nigeria’s employers, who are working in Nigeria’s organized private sector.
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The umbrella organization of Nigeria’s employers, the Nigeria Employers Consultation Association, was established in the year, 1957 for a peculiar purpose.
The Nigeria Employers Consultation Association was established for the purpose of providing the government with a veritable forum, where the government can consult with these employers in the private sector particularly, on the area of socioeconomic, as well as labour policy issues.
This platform is what the Nigeria Employers Consultation Association has been provided for the purpose of giving the government the opportunity to consult with employers in the private sector.
Apart from the provision of a forum for the government to consult with private sector employers, the Nigeria Employers Consultation Association also provides a forum for employers in the private sector to interact with the government of Nigeria.
Such platform availed private sector employers to interact, not only with government, but also to interact with the labour union, and with communities and with other relevant institutions both in the country and outside Nigeria.
Such a platform is provided for the purpose of making sure that harmonious business environment is promoted. When the harmonious business environment is promoted, it will help to enhance efficiency, and engender productivity as well as, bring about prosperity for the benefit of all Nigerians and everyone residents in Nigeria.
Having said that, however, we will together in this article look at some of the functions of the Nigeria Employers Consultation Association.
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What Are the Functions of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultation Association?
The Nigeria Employers Consultation Association was established to serve some functions that will help lead to the realization of the purpose for which the association was established. And in this article, I will be explaining some of these functions as assigned to the Nigeria Employers Consultation Association. Here are there below:
1. Nigeria Employers Consultation Association Promotes And Influences Policies And Laws
Good policies determine the extent to which, an association or organization can thrive successfully. Therefore, to drive the organization successfully, good policies need to be formulated, and not only formulating good policies, but such policies also need to be properly implemented.
Besides policies, there are laws made in an association or organization, which define the activities of the organization or the association, as well as, the behaviours of the members within the organization.
The Nigeria Employers Consultation Association is not kept behind this fact, it understands the importance of the facts stressed above, and it has over the years tried to influence laws and policies, as well as, promote these laws and these policies for the purpose of enhancing the enterprise’s competitiveness and its survival.
2. Nigeria Employers Consultation Association Protects Rights Of Enterprise And Employers
Every association will endeavour to make sure that, the rights of that association is protected no matter what may be the case.
Besides the protection of the rights of the association, members’ rights are also protected, so does the Nigeria Employers Consultation Association.
One of the primary functions of the Nigeria Employers Consultation Association is to make sure that, the rights of the organization is protected, as well as, the rights of the members of the organization through legal means and legitimate means.
This aspect of the function of the Nigeria Employers Consultation Association is very important and necessary since such level of security will encourage members to work for the realization of the organization.
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3. Nigeria Employers Consultation Association Promotes Sustainable Enterprise:
Another function of the Nigeria Employers Consultation Association is that of ensuring that, sustainable enterprises in Nigeria are promoted.
No business can actually survive and attain the goal that leads to the establishment of such enterprise without working towards achieving the sustainability of such business enterprise.
When business sustainability is achieved, it brings about constant growth of the business enterprise, and engender competitiveness, that will trigger growth and prosperity for the benefits of business owners.
Besides the promotion of business sustainability that will bring about business growth, the efforts of the Nigeria Employers Consultation Association in this regard will also lead to economic development.
4. Nigeria Employers Consultation Association Promotes Capacity Building And Empowerment Programmes
The Nigeria Employers Consultation Association also promotes capacity building. Life they say, is dynamic, and so does every knowledge and every skill acquired by man.
We are living in the information era, and that is why it is called the information age. For an association or organization to upgrade the knowledge and skills of its members or employers, they must embark on training or capacity building.
The members need to be acquainted with the current knowledge and current skills of carrying out processes, new procedures particularly in this era where technology is widely embraced in accomplishing the task.
Therefore, to keep with the current trend of doing things and accomplishing the result, the Nigeria Employers Consultation Association has to make sure that, it embark on capacity building.
Another way of achieving this goal is through empowerment programmes. Empowerment programmes are some of the ways the Nigeria Employers Consultation Association is using to accomplish this goal.
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5. Nigeria Employers Consultation Association Explores Business And Investment Model
This, obviously is the last function of the Nigeria Employers Consultation Association that I will be discussing in this article.
From the caption above, it is quite glaring that one of the primary functions of the Nigeria Employers Consultation Association is in the area of business exploration.
The Nigeria Employers Consultation Association is saddling with the responsibility of making sure that it explores businesses.
The Nigeria Employers Consultation Association does not only explore businesses, but it also explores the investment model, all for the purpose of ensuring the long-term financial sustainability of the Nigeria Employers Consultation Association.
In achieving this, the Nigeria Employers Consultation Association must make sure that it does not lose sight or focus of its raison d’etre, since the association, I mean the Nigeria Employers Consultation Association is a Business Membership
Organization (BMO).
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Conclusion
The Nigeria Employers Consultation Association was established for the purpose of providing the government with a veritable forum, where the government and communities and labour and other relevant institutions can consult with these employers in the private sector particularly, on the area of socioeconomic, as well as labour policy issues.