Section 30: Admissions of further trade unions to membership of registered federation.(As Amended by Section 6 of the Trade Unions (Amendment) Act, 2005)

(1) Subject to this section, a trade union may become a member of a registered federation of trade unions, but shall not do so unless-
(a) the joining union is eligible for membership of the federation under the rules of the federation; and
(b) a resolution approving the application for membership of the federation has, in a secret ballot held at such a meeting as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of section 30(1) of this Act, been passed in the circumstances mentioned in that paragraph; and
(c) all reasonable steps were taken by the joining union to secure that, not less than thirty days before the date of that meeting, every member of the union was supplied with a notice in the prescribed form setting out the resolution.
(2) The admission of a trade union to membership of a registered federation of trade unions shall not take effect until the joining union is registered as a member of the federation.
(3) Where a federation of trade unions proposes to admit a trade union to membership of the federation and the requirements of subsection (1) of this section have been complied with as regards the joining union, there shall be sent to the Registrar-
(a) a notice in the prescribed form of the proposed admission of the joining union signed by seven members of the joining union and counter-signed by the secretary of that union;
(b) a statutory declaration by the secretary of the joining union that the requirements of subsection (1) of this section have been complied with; and
(c) a certificate in the prescribed form signed by the secretary of the federation that the admission of the joining union has been approved in accordance with the rules of the federation.
(4) On receipt of the notice and certificate required by subsection (3)(a) and (c) of this section together with the necessary statutory declaration the Registrar, if satisfied that the requirements of this Act and the Regulations have been complied with, shall register the joining union as a member of the federation.
(5) In this section, "joining union", in relation to a federation of trade unions, means a trade union proposing to become a member of that federation.
(6) No person, trade union or employer shall take part in a strike or lock out or engage in any conduct in contemplation or furtherance of a strike or lock out unless:
(a) The person, trade union or employer is not engaged in the provision of essential services;
(b) The strike or lock out concerns a labour dispute that constitutes a dispute or right.
(c) The strike or lock out concerns a dispute arising from a collective and fundamental breach of contract of employment or collective agreement on the part of the employee, trade union or employer,
(d) The provisions for arbitration in the Trade Disputes Act Cap. 432, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990 have first been complied with; and
(e) In the case of an employee or a trade union, a ballot has been conducted in accordance with the rules and constitution of the trade union at which a simple majority of all registered members voted to go on strike.
(7) Any person, trade union or employer who contravenes any of the provisions of this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of N10,000 or six months imprisonment or to both the fine and imprisonment.
(8) The provisions for arbitration in the Trade Disputes Act Cap. 432, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990 shall apply in all disputes affecting the provision of essential services and the determination of the National Industrial Court in all such disputes shall be final.
(9) For the purpose of this Act.
(a)
"Disputes of right" menas any labour dispute arising from the negotiation, application, interpretation of a contract of employment or collective agreement under this Act or any other enactment or law governing matters relating to terms and conditions of employment;
(b)
"essential Services" shall be as defined in the first schedule of the Trade Dispute Act Cap. 432 Law of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990.