Ghana has entered into a bilateral agreement with Russia to facilitate the recruitment of Ghanaian workers for industrial and manufacturing positions, thereby advancing efforts to broaden employment opportunities in international markets.
Labour Minister Emmanuel Agyekum and the director of Russia’s Alabuga Special Economic Zone, an industrial complex housing 48 enterprises that require more than 75,000 personnel, executed the agreement.
Pursuant to the agreement, the Labour Ministry shall assume responsibility for coordinating recruitment activities, authenticating job offers, and delivering pre-departure orientation programmes to protect the welfare of Ghanaian workers.
Following the agreement’s execution on Thursday, October 29, Mr Agyekum articulated that the collaborative partnership would encompass dimensions beyond labour migration, including commercial partnerships, educational initiatives, scholarly research, religious engagement, and cultural exchange.
He further noted that Ghanaian enterprises would attend forthcoming conferences in Tatarstan to identify potential avenues for cooperation.
“We have concluded a comprehensive agreement that transcends labour exchange alone. Our focus extends to business-to-business collaboration, as well as religious and cultural dimensions, where we are committed to deepening our partnership beyond the scope of labour migration,” he stated.
In his assessment, both nations were simultaneously investigating academic collaborations that would enable Ghanaian scholars and university instructors to conduct research in partnership with educational institutions within the collaborating nation.
Mr Agyekum subsequently urged young Ghanaians to capitalize on the prospects that this initiative is anticipated to generate.
