“We want to work together as a team for the betterment of this country,” Madam Esther Ofori Agyemang, Head of Child Labour Unit, Department of Labour said on Wednesday. “Let’s get our hands together and do the best we can,” she added.

Madam Ofori Agyemang made the remarks during a day’s familiarization visit by Parliament’s Select Committee of Employment, Labour Relations and Pensions in Accra.

The objective of the visit was to understand the Labour Department’s mandate and functions, identify challenges and areas of improvement as well as explore opportunities for collaboration and support between the two institutions.

Mr Lawrence Simpi, Head of Employment Information Branch, making a presentation to the Committee members, highlighted key initiatives, including providing accurate information to prevent misinformation and exploitation, signing bilateral migration agreements to protect migrant workers’ rights and publishing names of licensed recruitment agencies to promote transparency.

“We aim to place 12,000 job seekers in employment this year.

“We expect improvement in service delivery and job placements,” he said.

Mr Simpi also emphasized the need for increased visibility for the Department of Labour to inform the public about its work, adding that “we need more visibility out there for people to know exactly what we do.”

According to him, there had been an improvement in the institution’s service delivery over the period… “We have placed over 11,000 job seekers in employment,” he told the Committee.

The Committe in its response agreed to work together with the Labour Department to achieve a common goal.

“Let’s work together to promote cooperative development and foster collaboration,” Mr Joseph Appiah Boateng, the Chairman of the Committee, said.