Government says it is working speedily to lift the 2017 ban on the recruitment of Ghanaians for domestic work in Gulf states.
Employment and recruitment agencies have recently complained about severe losses due to the ban though government has initiated processes to lift the ban on the export of labour to countries in the Gulf Region.
Addressing these concerns, the Deputy Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Bright Wereko-Brobbey tells Citi News that a migration policy document will soon be sent to Cabinet for approval to enable the suspension of the ban.
“As we speak, government is speedily working on it to ensure that this ban is lifted. But it is going to be lifted with sanity and this export of labour to these Gulf countries. We will urge the general public to give us a little bit of restraint. The president wants this to be cleaned up so that before we export any labour to these Gulf countries, we are sure that certain things are streamlined and they are done. There is a migration policy that as I speak with you has been signed by my the minister and ready to go to Cabinet. Once it is done and approval is given, the ban will be lifted,” he said.
In 2017, the government placed a ban on the export of local labour to countries such as Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar because of widespread reports of maltreatment of Ghanaians in those countries.
Some Ghanaians, mostly females workers in the Gulf States who were made to do caretaking and service jobs were subjected to all forms of maltreatment, leading to loss of lives in some cases.
The employment agencies have thus appealed to the government to lift the ban with immediate effect since it is affecting their businesses and their clients.
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