The International Labour Organisation (2019) has developed numerous conventions , protocols, and recommendations on minimum labour standards. Some conventions have been promulgated and adopted by the ILO member states, the majority of which relates to occupational safety and health systems (OSH). This study evaluates the OSH in Nigeria to ascertain their compliance with ILO safety standards. The evaluation continued with a focus on the OSH in the food and drink sector in Nigeria. The legislation that institutes the underpinnings of the OSH system was examined against the industry in Nigeria. The critique recognised that Nigeria, analogous to other African countries, had not ratified the principal ILO conventions on safety and health in particular. The ILOC155 (1981) and ILO promotional framework for occupational safety and health convention (ILOC187 2006). The exploration of the OSH systems demonstrates that OSH systems in Nigeria are largely uncoordinated and weak owing to administrative, human, technological and logistics limitations. Convention 187 (ILOC187 2006) requires of ratifying member countries to formulate national OSH policies, systems, and programmes to prevent industrial accidents and minimise hazardous conditions in the workplace. Unambiguously, the convention makes it mandatory for all country signatories to implement a coherent national OSH. This study esta-An Overview of Occupational Safety and Health Systems in Nigeria 191 blished that Nigeria was among one of the signatories in Africa who had failed to comply with this directive.

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