ILO official vows to protect Liberian workers
The head of the International Labour Organization (ILO) for English-speaking West African states, Dennis
Zulu, has promised that his institution will work toward ensuring that Liberia has in place a social protection regime that protects the country’s workers.The ILO is one of several UN agencies responsible for the promotion of social protection of workers globally.
Zulu who is ILO liaison officer for Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, is quoted by a Labour ministry release as saying social protection is a mechanism that provides for individuals in a country to mitigate against social risk, vulnerability and other social factors.
He is in the country to participate in the first National Dialogue on Social Protection Floors in Liberia which is being organized by the ILO in partnership with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection.
The three-day event which opens on Tuesday May 23 and runs through Thursday May 25, will be held at a local hotel in Monrovia.
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