Labour Ministry Holds Workshop on Effective Reportage for Correspondents … The media plays a vital role in the success of any government- Dame Daju
Oru Leonard
In a bid to improve the understanding and transmit same to the reporting of labour and related issues, the Federal Ministry of Labour in Nigeria, organized a one- day workshop on ‘Effective Reportage on the Promotion of Safety and Health in the Workplace”, for Labour Correspondents in Abuja on Monday, December 19, 2023.
In her opening remarks, the Permanent Secretary, Dame Kachollom Daju who noted that the training is a vital mandate of the Ministry, therefore the workshop aims to ensure that labour correspondents gain proper understanding of the functions, programmes, activities and achievements of the Ministry in the area of its mandates.
She stated “the professional departments, in collaboration with the service departments, drive the ministry’s mandates to satisfy the delivery expectations of our customers. The professional departmental mandates are components of the overall mandates of the Ministry. Every professional department performs a segment or more of the Ministry’s general mandates. Consequently, inadequate knowledge of the workings of these departments, which embody the essence of the Ministry, would invariably lead to unsatisfactory reportage of their activities, and ultimately the Ministry’s mandates.”
She said to equip Labour correspondents, with the necessary background information is integral to balanced, in-depth and impactful reportage, adding that the workshop is expected to scale up and update your knowledge of aspect of the Ministry’s mandates, for a corresponding effective and qualitative reportage on it.
“This workshop is the first in a series planned by the Ministry to improve your knowledge on the functions and workings of the professional departments, on which shoulders rest the achievement of the Ministry’s mandates.
“The workshop will also serve to refresh your memory, and bring you up to date, on the provisions of national laws and policies, as well as international laws and regulations on Occupational Safety and Health, especially ILO Conventions 155 and 187. As you may be aware, the 110th International Labour Conference (ILC), held this year in Geneva, added safety and health to the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work”, she explained.
Expectedly, the workshop will gave deeper understanding of the two departments that ewer discussed and their functions. The interaction with the resource persons, and the cross-fertilization of ideas and the knowledge gained would equip participants for better reportage on labour matters.
