Over 50,000 jobs in Libya

by Ananda Kannangara

Around 50,000 employment opportunities will be provided to Sri Lankan workers by the Government of Libya next year on a request made by the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE).

Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister, Keheliya Rambukwella will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard with his Libyan counterpart in January next year. Discussions related to the program were held in Colombo on Thursday between Minister Rambukwella and Libyan Ambassador in Sri Lanka Essa Ahamed Emhemed Gssa.

Sri Lankans will be offered employment in the fields of tourism, construction and trade. Meanwhile jobs will also be available in Libyan ports and airports.

Minister Rambukwella told the `Sunday Observer' that steps will be taken to provide foreign jobs in a transparent manner by calling applications through newspaper advertisement and labour officials deployed in all districts including in the North and East.