Labour1974Military (Gowon → Murtala/Obasanjo)· Cap. L1

Labour Act (Cap. L1)

Conditions of employment for workers; contracts, hours, leave, termination; restricted scope to manual/clerical.

Standard citation

Labour Act (Cap. L1) (Cap. L1), Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The political & economic reality at enactment

The political and economic reality

Nigeria in 1974: who was in charge, the cabinet of the day, the GDP, and the crises that defined the period of this Act's commencement.

Head of State · Military

Gen. Yakubu Gowon

1966–1975

National reality

Counter-coup of July 1966, Biafran War (1967–70), then the oil-boom expansion. Twelve-state structure (1967) replaced the four regions. Three Rs (Reconciliation, Reconstruction, Rehabilitation) and indigenisation began.

Crises of the period

Biafran Civil War 1967–70 (1–3 million dead)
1973 OPEC oil shock + boom
FESTAC '77 preparations

GDP (World Bank)

$12.5 bn (1970) → $27.7 bn (1975, oil boom)

Cabinet (selected portfolios)

Finance (Commissioner)
Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1967–71)
Education (Commissioner)
A.Y. Eke (c.1967)

Federal Executive Council of commissioners; full roster being compiled.

Sources · Federal Military Government records · World Bank WDI

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.