Dangote Refinery to Engage 11,000 Workers From India

The Sub-Saharan African Skills and Apprenticeship Stakeholders Network has explained why the Dangote refinery engaged 11,000 skilled workers from India while neglecting youths from Nigeria and other African countries.

The network, today noted that the reason for the neglect was that youths from Nigeria lacked the adequate skills needed to be engaged in the assignment.

In a communiqué issued at the end of its two-day meeting in Abuja, the Network noted that it had resolved that each country in Africa develop a national skills qualification framework that will enable ease of labor migration across the continent.

The communiqué, which was released today, was signed by the Secretary-General of the regional organization, Ousmane Sillah.

Speaking further on its observations, the network noted that the absence of pathways to recognize skills obtained in the informal sector in most sub-Saharan African countries, including Nigeria, has led to a lack of opportunities for skilled labor migration across African regions.

It also fingered the negative social perception of skilled workers alongside the weak interface that exists between trade unions/associations and skills/apprenticeship development