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August 1, 2019
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour andEmployment, William Alo, has expressed concern over continued use of childrenas mine workers in some parts of the country.
Alo, who said the Federal Government would no longertolerate such, expressed Nigeria’s commitment to the elimination of childlabour in the country.
The permanent secretary was speaking at the ValidationMeeting for the National Plan of Action for the Accelerating Actions for theElimination of Child Labour in the Supply Chain ACCEL Africa project.
The meeting was organised by the International LabourOrganisation ILO in Abuja.
ACCEL Africa project is targeted at accelerating actions inthe elimination of child labour in some supply chains in Africa. It is beingpiloted in six countries of Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Malawi, Mali and Nigeria.