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International Labour Day 2023

Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo of Nigeria’s Oyo Diocese. Credit: Oyo Diocese

Nigeria’s Working Conditions in Need of “serious, urgent overhauling”: Catholic Bishop

May 1, 2023

On the occasion of the annual celebration of the International Labor Day commemorated May 1, a Catholic Bishop in Nigeria has lamented the working conditions in the West Africa nation.

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