Nigerians living in other countries have experienced on form of discrimination especially when the International community The challenge of discrimination, harassment and other forms of
intimidation experienced by Nigerians, especially youths
working abroad, was the focus of Nigeria’s
presentation at the ongoing 103rd session of the International Labour
Conference in Geneva,
Switzerland.
Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, while addressing the
plenary, asked the International Labour Organisation, ILO, to “galvanise its
pace setting potentials for the building of national capacities, partnerships
and promotion of collaboration in re-integration programmes and other forms of
interventions for the effective mitigation of the challenges of migration in a
largely prismatic world.”Wogu said Nigeria’s interest in migration “is
informed by the large number of Nigerian youths that are globally mobile,”
adding that the present administration “adopted a paradigm shift within the
framework of the Transformation Agenda with strong emphasis and
commitment to managing the challenges of migration as a sending,
transit and destination country.“We have benefitted from this phenomenon,
especially in diaspora remittances. We have also experienced the challenges of discrimination,
harassment and other forms of social exclusions in the world of jobs.“Migration
is a problem when it is irregular and we are bothered about irregular
migration.”
The Minister said although migration within the Economic Community of West
African States, ECOWAS, is legal, “it can still pose a big problem.”
The minister, whose speech coincided with ILO’s World Day Against Child Labour described child labour as “an unfair labour practice,” adding “Nigeria does not support child labour in any form.”He said inspections are being carried out in factories to ensure that they do not engage in the child labour.Wogu said: “Nigeria has the lowest incidence of child labour,” and that several government agencies are collaborating to it.On the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, signed by Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies, MINILS, and the International Training Centre, the Minister said it was the climax of discussions which began last year.The minister, while expressing optimistism about the MoU, said: “It has my blessings, including that of Mr. President.”He said MINILS had started receiving requests from participants from the sub-region, who wanted to benefit from the joint programmes.
The minister, whose speech coincided with ILO’s World Day Against Child Labour described child labour as “an unfair labour practice,” adding “Nigeria does not support child labour in any form.”He said inspections are being carried out in factories to ensure that they do not engage in the child labour.Wogu said: “Nigeria has the lowest incidence of child labour,” and that several government agencies are collaborating to it.On the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, signed by Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies, MINILS, and the International Training Centre, the Minister said it was the climax of discussions which began last year.The minister, while expressing optimistism about the MoU, said: “It has my blessings, including that of Mr. President.”He said MINILS had started receiving requests from participants from the sub-region, who wanted to benefit from the joint programmes.
Source: Vanguard
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