MONROVIA, April 9 (LINA) - Labour Minister Neto Zarzar Lighe has challenged tertiary institutions in Liberia to provide the requisite training for students to meet the demands of the job market.

Minister Lighe observed that lack of professionally-trained Liberian technicians is creating serious manpower gap in concession areas in the country.

The Labour Minister made the call Wednesday in his speech on the role of
tertiary education in providing a basket of diversified skilled professionals to promote and sustain growth and development.

He spoke at the Policy Dialogue on Reaching the Middle Income Country Goal; the human capacity issues, held at a local hotel in the Monrovia suburb of Sinkor.

He noted that to achieve Vision 2030, Liberia needs to prepare its tertiary institutions to imbue Liberians with the requisite professional skills both in academic and technical areas to enhance the human resource capacity of the country.

He stressed that without developing the nation’s human resource capacity in the needed skills for multi-national concessions, it will be difficult to address the current unemployment situation.

Minister Lighe emphasized that while government is succeeding in increasing foreign investments and supporting the growth of Liberia’s private sector, it is essential to create and improve job opportunities for Liberians.
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