Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Responsible for Labour, Youth and Employment, Mr Anthony Mavunde
THE private sector will still shoulder the burden of cracking the problem of unemployment in the country but the government will ensure that all the required infrastructure to facilitate them is in place.
The Deputy Minister in the Prime
Minister’s Office, Responsible for Labour, Youth and Employment, Mr
Anthony Mavunde said countries in the Eastern African Region, including
Tanzania were working hard to ensure that the long-reigned problem of
unemployed youth was being solved.
“The Tanzanian government for instance
has major achievements in building roads, improving water and sanitation
services, refining and expanding the network for electricity power
supplies and coming up with investor friendly laws to encourage more
local and foreign enterprises,” stated Mr Mavunde adding that as more
investors are registered in the country, unemployment problems will
disappear automatically.
He was speaking during the Eastern
Central and Southern Africa Employers Organisation (ECSAEO) Conference,
taking place here under the theme of ‘Private Sector in Africa and
Global Supply Chains: Maximising the Benefits and Minimising the risks.’
On her part the ECSAEO Secretary General
Ms Jackline Mugo said the Sub-Saharan region has of late registered
improved trading networks, better infrastructure development and
strengthened economies and stabilised political situation that are major
ingredients of increased investments and job creation.
The Job and Employment Specialist from
South Africa, Mr Hezron Njuguna said while Africa is heading towards
having a population of 2.2 billion by 2050, the continent is doing well
in reducing unemployment.
It was observed by Dr Aggrey Mlimuka,
the ATE Executive Secretary that Tanzania was on its way to become
Middle Income country by 2025; and with the new President, John
Magufuli’s ‘Hapa kazi tu,’ initiative chances are the unemployment
problems will be highly reduced if not totally solved within the next
ten years.
“The global unemployment rate currently
stands at 13 per cent; the one in Sub- Sahara African region is just
11.6 per cent compared to the Northern African Region with 30 per cent,
while South Africa has the least at 9.9 per cent,” he stated.
The conference is organised by
Association of Tanzania Employers (ATE), International Labour
Organisation (ILO) and Business Africa.
The Chairperson of Association of
Tanzania Employers, Mr Almas Maige who recently also became member of
parliament, said a number of job related problems were in process of
being solved and that Tanzania is still an exemplary figure as far as
conducive environment of both workers and employers is concerned
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