Monrovia – Labour Minister Cllr. Cooper W. Kruah has met with a delegation of the Liberia Agricultural Companies Association (LACA), reassuring the group of government’s commitment to speedily resolve their grievances.
Minister Kruah Chairs the Presidential Task Force set up recently by President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to amicably resolve several complaints raised by the Liberia Agricultural Companies Association (LACA), which the group claims are hindering their operations.
A Labour Ministry press release issued on Wednesday, April 29 following a closed door meeting by the Liberia Labour Minister and a delegation from LACA, quotes him as informing the organization that within the next couple of days his committee will present a fully compiled list of recommendations in response to their grievances to the President.
He said their meeting was intended to build confidence and forge closer cooperation aimed at advancing the organization’s agenda in improving the agricultural sector of the country.
The Labour boss added that over twenty key government ministries and State Own Enterprises comprising the Special Presidential Task Force are critically reviewing the LACA complaints and advance relevant solutions to resolve them.
“We take the grievances of the agro-sector very seriously and are carrying out the mandate of President Boakai in resolving them,” the Labour Minister emphasized.
Meanwhile, the National Minimum Wage Board also chaired by the Labour Minister has held a strategic retreat aimed at advancing additional strategies in realigning the current Minimum Wage of Liberian workers.
Minister Kruah welcoming members of the Board, called on them to soberly work in reviewing the status of the current Minimum Wage, compared to the living standard of the population and basic wages of neighboring West African countries and recommend appreciative recommendations for improvements to reflect present day economic standard of the population.
The Board Head of Secretariat and Director, Jerome Kollie, joined by other Board members and Staff, including Professor Geegbae A. Geegbae, Madam Theresa Vedkinda,
Madam Blessing Suah, among others, attended the day-long retreat whose outcome is expected to be presented to the Minister shortly.
The retreat is part of ongoing activities by The National Minimum Wage Board to review the overall economic conditions of the private sector workers.
Since the ascendancy of the current Rescue Mission Government, which is keen on improving the living standard of the Liberian people, through job creation and sustainable economic growth, the Minimum Wage Board has been carrying out its statutory mandate, which includes review and realignment of the economic growth of Liberian workers.
