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 No disservice can be greater than a man to tell himself lies continuously.

 Who was the first man to laugh at the Almighty God? Abraham, the father of faith. Genesis 17:17

 I joined a group of companies where I inherited an inconclusive Procedural Agreement Negotiation that has been on for three years. With a great determination, I was able to negotiate the agreement with the exception of one area in which we disagreed. The only area of Disagreement was Annual Salary Increment. While the Union wanted it negotiated, Management held that it should come through the company performance management system. This disagreement landed us in the Federal Ministry of Labour through a trades disputes declared by the Union. After the presentation by both parties the Conciliator advised the Union to go back to Management to sign the Procedural Agreement.

 NEPOTISM is a product of lack of integrity and trust. The Malady of Nigeria.

 All government officials, politicians and their supporters in Nigeria are all suffering from Ostrich Syndrome.

 Conciliation which was the only compulsory Disputes handling method I experienced was a result of disagreements on:- 1. Redundancy exercise. 2. Inconclusive Procedural Agreement Negotiation. 3. Management's Refusal to pay thirteenth month ( Christmas Bonus) salary. While it was the Unions that declared trades disputes against us in Nos. 1 - 2, I declared a trades disputes against the Union in the case of Number 3 above. The result of these three trades disputes that went for Conciliation that the Unions lost all to Managements. One beautiful thing established was that you do not necessarily need a Lawyer in Conciliation. Next week, we shall share our experience as regards the inconclusive Procedural Agreement Negotiation.

 Only Elites that lack integrity and trust that blame the masses for the ills of the society.

 Peace and Stability and Unity are a function of Justice and Fair play. Any other functional relationship is outright Stupidity, Insanity and Insensitivity.

 In an industrial relations environment, there can only be collective disputes. Collective disputes can be handled in five different ways. However, the beginning of third party handling of disputes is "Agreement of Disagreement" between the parties. The five methods of third party intervention can be grouped into VOLUNTARY and COMPULSORY. While Mediation is voluntary, other four methods are COMPULSORY. Viz - Conciliation. - Arbitration. - Fact-Finding. - Adjudication (National Industrial Court) During my active work life I was exposed to Conciliation.

 Any particular reasons why all psychiatric hospitals are built on the left hand side of the road when facing the city center?

 Generally, among men at work promotion comes by performance, however, it is not restricted to it. Promotion can generally come by employer but there is another promotion agent. That agent is the individual himself: workers with strategic thinking minds called it Job Hopping. Apart from salary increment I mentioned two weeks ago, by Job Hopping I promoted myself from entry level of Personnel Officer in my first company of employment to Director of Human Resources after several hops. I agree it is not possible for every worker, but with correct knowledge, Relevant experience and strategic reasoning, it is possible. I equally agree that these three conditions are very scarce in this 21st century.

 Which of these two is a security risk in Nigeria, "dancing terrorists" or foreign senseless killers? The pain of the South East in my mind.