Migration Day: Unions Urge FG To Domesticate I.L.O Conventions On Fair Migration - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 18, 2019
The National Trade Union Platform on Migration has calledfor improved management of migration governance by the Federal Government.
The platform comprises migration focal persons from theNigeria Labour Congress, NLC and Trade Union Congress, TUC affiliate unions.
The NLC focal person on Migration, James Eustace, made thecall in a statement to mark the International Migration Day, in Abuja.
According to Eustace, the Federal Government must ratify anddomesticate the relevant international instruments such as I.L.O Convention143, Convention 181, along with Convention 189, which promotes fair and orderlymigration.
He, however, said that one of the most important steps mustbe to ensure that the push factors propelling irregular migration areaddressed.
The NLC focal person also listed the critical push factorsto include massive unemployment, especially youth unemployment, and thecomplete absence of social protection floors in Nigeria.