PRIVATE SECTOR LEADING EMPLOYER IN TANZANIA

Ridhiwani Wema

 

The country’s formal private sector has been named as the leading employer, according to the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Development.

 

The Ministry’s spokesperson, Ridhiwani Wema said in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the achievement is due to the government’s efforts to create better environment for investors and the private sector activities in the country.

 

According to Wema, within a period of between October and December last year the private sector created a total of 38,083 employment opportunities which is equivalent to 93.5 per cent compared to 2, 65 (6.5 per cent) attained by the government.

 

He added that in the half year period (July – December, 2014), a total of 173,787 job opportunities have been created by the private sector through investments in various sectors.

 

He mentioned some of the sectors that contributed much in creating jobs through investments as, construction (107,527), 34,184 through the Tanzania Investments Center (TIC) and 342 through the communication sector.

 

He explained that a major progress has been achieved by the government to improve the country’s investment environment including the review of the Employment Policy, 2008, The Employment and Labour Relations Act No. 6 of 2004,  The Labour Institutions Act and the new Law on Foreigners Employment.

 

He added that Labour statistics are important in planning, implementing, and to measure the effectiveness of government policy in economic aspects as well as measuring economic status of the country.

“Labour market data are the indicators for the clear picture of country’s economic development,” he argued.

 

Wema called upon recruiters to cooperate with the ministry in the process of collecting information concerning labour market which is crucial to know labour situation in order for the government to take appropriate measures.

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN