Tackling Unemployment: Ngige Urges African Regional Labour Centre To Adopt Active Policies - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 18, 2020
TheMinister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has called on member countriesof the African Regional Labour Centre, ARLAC to adopt active policies andprogrammes to tackle unemployment and poverty in the region.
The Deputy Director and Head, Press and Public Relations inthe ministry Charles Akpan, in a statement said the minister said thiswhile  speaking at the 46 session ofthe ARLAC with the theme, “Strategic Objective on Social Protection” was held over the weekend in Kampala, Uganda
TheMinister added that the approval of the active policies and programmes wouldtackle unemployment and poverty in order to check the consequential socialtension and violent crimes.
Ngigehowever said that that poverty reduction would easily be achieved by harnessingthe efforts of various agencies and departments in charged with the strategicobjective of social protection.
Accordingto him, Africa is replete with tales of worrisome level of child labour, humantrafficking and exploitation, irregular migration, youth restiveness,terrorism, armed banditry and arson among others.