The Minister of Employment, Labour, and Social Security Mohamed Rahman Swaray has on the 23rd November 2023 called on the Organization of Islamic States(OIC) to help remedy the maltreatment of Sierra Leone migrant workers in some of the countries where they work as he delivered his statement at the 5th Session of the Islamic Conference of Labour Ministers in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The minister also appreciated his counterparts for the effort of getting Sierra Leoneans in their companies and expressed gat concern on their basic health and upkeep “We want to appreciate the opportunity afforded to our citizens to work in OIC countries as migrant workers, but we wish to express our concerns about their treatment in some of the countries where they work. We have received reports of ill-treatment, breaches of Contracts, and sundry other violations of their employment and other rights. We call on this body to help remedy these concerns as we look forward to working with the Labour Center to address these and other emerging concerns to achieve our collective aspirations to decent work for all.” He maintained.

He commended the organizers for te initiative as well as emphasizing that, Sierra Leone recognizes the ever-increasing role of digitalization for effective service delivery and has boldly committed to it in the President’s five big game changers in his second term.

“We are concerned about the deaths of thousands of civilians especially women and children in the Israel/Palestine crisis. We therefore join other nations of the world to call for an immediate ceasefire and for allowing humanitarian aid to reach the people of Gaza”. He furthered on the issue of the Gaza issue.