Grégoire Owona warns labour inspectors

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Grégoire Owona, has urged Labour Inspectors to make use of their skills on the field rather than going back to the classroom to teach.

Owona made this statement during the opening and graduation ceremony for the winners of the Regional Centre for African Labour Administration (CRADAT)on December 15, in Yaounde.

"I wish that labour inspectors found their dignity and nobility. They should stop running behind universities, Enam, and even CRADAT to render teaching services because they do not want to go on the field to apply the knowledge they received at school even though they mastered it very well," said Grégoire Owona.

According to the daily Mutations on Thursday, December 16, 2015, the Minister of Labour and Social Security (MINTSS) did not beat about the bush in asking labour inspectors to reach out to their home governments.

A warning has been sent to all who continue to "to take away labour inspectors from their original administration because it's time they give to the Republic that has given to them," concluded Gregoire Owona.

The log revealed that the MINTSS's stance came 14 days after a statement that he had earlier addressed to the labour inspectors.

In this press release, Grégoire Owona stated that "as part of the revitalization of the labour administration and to hold public servants belonging to this trade responsible, the Minister of Labour and Social Security appeals to all administrators and labour inspectors operating in other departments, wishing to return to their original administration attaches to take their office."

As a reminder, Labour inspectors are responsible for monitoring the application of labour standards.

Their role is not limited to the settlement of labour disputes which seem to confine certain people. The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will, therefore, focus on the labour inspector's missions but also redeploy the field.