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- ↑ "Restructuring of trade unions" (PDF). Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette. 8 February 1978. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ↑ Nigeria. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs. 1995.