Stakeholders chart path to improved labour market
one year agoIteamagbo E. A., Lagos Controller Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment (left); Barr. Thompson Akpabio, Director Legal. Regulatory and Taxation, Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA); Aisha Dirisu, National Project Coordinator, SEESIN Project, ILO Nigeria and Mr Jide Afolabi, Executive Secretary, EPEAN, at a two-day capacity-building workshop for Employment Service Providers (ESPs) in Lagos.
As Nigeria continues to face structural labour market challenges ranging from high youth unemployment, skills mismatch to widespread informality, stakeholders have highlighted the urgent need to build the capacity of employment intermediaries to provide inclusive, technologically-driven and rights-based services that respond to the realities of today’s world of work.
