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We have held individual presentations at the NLC level; we had workshops with relevant stakeholders and we have met with the members of the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter collation of all the submissions, we will put them together as draft legislation and present them to the national assembly for onward passage as a bill,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Onoho\u2019Omhen Ebhohinhen, Head, Research Department of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the congress is working on the review of labour laws in Nigeria. 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