Labour minister pledges support to ECOWAS labour, employment programmes

The Federal Government has pledged to support the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission in the implementation of its labour and employment programmes and policies in the region. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, stated this recently in Abuja when the ECOWAS Commissioner for Social Affairs and Gender Matters, Dr […]

The Federal Government has pledged to support the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission in the implementation of its labour and employment programmes and policies in the region.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, stated this recently in Abuja when the ECOWAS Commissioner for Social Affairs and Gender Matters, Dr Siga Fatima Jagni, visited the ministry.

He assured that “Nigeria would support and adhere to all ECOWAS Labour Migration and Employment policies, and called for proper legalization of such policies, so that people would not be “short-changed and unduly harassed when they export their skills in the region.”

Earlier, the ECOWAS Commissioner for Social Affairs and Gender Matters, Dr Jagne, said her visit was to seek the support of the minister for the implementation of labour and employment programmes and policies in the region.

It was also to request the ministry’s collaboration in organizing the forthcoming 2018 General Assembly of the Social Dialogue Forum/Meeting of ECOWAS Ministers in charge of Labour and Employment, with the theme: “Strengthening Social Dialogue for the Promotion of Decent Work in the ECOWAS region”, scheduled to hold in Abuja in December, 2018, she stated.