FG Launches New Code Of Conduct For Employers

A new code of conduct to serve as guide to private sector employers has been launched.

Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Clement Illoh, launched the code at the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) House, Lagos.

A director of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Ms. Sina Chuma-Mkandawire, said Private Employment Agencies (PEAs), by the their role, should work with various ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to expose the activities of fake and fraudulent job advertisers.

“It is hoped that the code of conduct would be a vital tool in the hand of Human Capital Providers Association of Nigeria (HuCaPaN) to eliminate fake and counterfeit employment agencies in Nigeria,” she said.

Dr. David MacRae of the Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Lagos, said the code is a product of the activities implemented under the EU-funded project and is designed to enhance cooperation to fight trafficking in human beings from Nigeria to Europe.

The president of HuPaCan, Mr. Neye Enemigin, said the growing importance of private employment agency’s work calls for the strengthening of its self-regulation principles in order to enhance the quality standard of the sector.