Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Audu Kadiri, has been elected as the chairman of the Government Group of the International Labour Organisation for the 2019/2020.
This was announced in a statement signed by the Assistant Director, Press, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mrs. Rhoda Iliya.
According to her, the group is made up of all the regional groups of the organisation.
By ILO policy, the vice-chairman of the group automatically becomes the chairman for the following year.
For the past one year, Nigeria had occupied the vice-chairmanship position of the group.
The statement added that Nigeria’s election was confirmed at the International Labour Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland, which ended on Friday. Brazil now occupied the vice-chairmanship position.
By virtue of its new position, according to the statement Nigeria is expected to put up strategic plans and coordinate all government members of the ILO for the next one year.
At the conference, Lesotho was also elected as the chairman of the Governing Body for the year 2019-2020.
Iliya said Uganda had also been chosen as the host of the 46th African Regional Labour Administration Centre Governing Council meeting in 2020.
The Director-General, National Productivity Centre, Dr Akor Kashim, led the Nigerian delegation to the ARLAC minister’s meeting.