Published on the Global Forum on Migration and Development Web Portal (https://www.gfmd.org)

Date Shared: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2013 - 13:15
Title: 

Licensing of Private Employment Agencies

Countries and areas: 
Nigeria
Partner(s): 
National Government of Nigeria
Thematic Area: 
Governance of migration and coordination of dialogue, Policy coherence and mainstreaming, Rights of migrants, Strategies for addressing irregular migration and enabling regular migration
Tags: 
Trafficking and Human Smuggling
Summary: 

The Ministry of Labour and Productivity invoked the provision of the Labour Act of Nigeria in 2006 to begin the registration of private employment agencies. Conditions for registration as private employment agencies were made stringent enough to discourage fraudulent companies from engaging in job matching and labour contracting both domestically and internationally.

GFMD Source: 

GFMD 2013-2014 - Thematic Meeting 2 "Labour Migration and Diaspora: Improving Labour Market Complementarities and Economic Development Outcomes"

 

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Source (retrieved on 04/12/2026 - 23:28): https://www.gfmd.org/pfp/ppd/142