Onyebuchi Ezigbo
5 September 2008
Abuja — International Labour Organisation (ILO) has made a proposal to establish a regional labour training centre in Nigeria to meet the skill and technical needs of the countries within the sub-region at a reduced cost.
ILO's Chief , Programme Development and Regional Cooperation Service, Mr. Peter Rademaker, who made the proposal to the Federal Government while on a courtesy visit to the Minister of Labour yesterday also tasked government to undertake a review and assessment of its programme of sponsoring staff to training abroad to ensure that the country reaps the desired fruits from such programmes.
ILO currently runs a training centre in Turin, Italy, where specialist courses are offered on a wide range of issues relating to best practices in labour and human resource administration.
Rademaker said while a lot of resources may have been expended in sponsoring staff for the training, there is still a yawning gap between the investment made on the training and desired impact.
According to him, time has come for the government to review the situation and ensure that maximum impact is obtained from the training programme for beneficiaries of the programme to be able to put into practice what they have learned.
He said because of the cost of bringing students to Turin, the centre is considering arranging regional training programmes in some of the countries of Africa, He solicited the support of federal government to create a training centre in Nigeria to ease the problem of sponsoring candidates for training abroad.
Rademaker said the purpose of the visit is to explore how the centre and federal government could work together to enhance the standard of workplace environment as provided in ILO resolutions.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour , Alhaji Suleiman Kassim, who stood in for the Minister, said the Ministry was only able to sponsor 22 out of the 700 staff so far due to financial constraints.
He assured the visiting ILO chief that the federal government would support the organisation's proposal to establish a regional training centre in the country.
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