There are greater than 7,000 employees in Burkinabè, laid off after the privatization and liquidation of their firms after the implementation of the structural adjustment program beneath the federal government of former President Blaise Compaoré. They’re nonetheless preventing to regain their rights. Some had been obtained this Friday, Could 14, in Ouagadougou by the Minister of Nationwide Reconciliation.
as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya Boudani
These former employees got here to elucidate their precarious scenario and their expectations to Zéphirin Diabré, Minister of Nationwide Reconciliation. For nearly two hours, about forty representatives of former employees from firms which have undergone privatization appealed for his or her scenario to be taken into consideration earlier than any nationwide reconciliation course of.
In 1989, Jean Marie Kodié and 800 different employees had been unemployed following the dissolution and privatization of RAN, the authority chargeable for the operation of the railway connecting Côte d’Ivoire with Burkina Faso. “These large layoffs have taken place beneath tough situations,” he stated. “The lack of employment for the vast majority of deflated employees, after greater than twenty years of service, was the primary set off for the loss of buying energy. This was what the latter least anticipated as a result of they’d ensures.” for employment in a society with nice sovereignty, similar to the railways. “
“Youngsters threw on the road, youngsters at college and even instances of suicide”
About forty public firms suffered the identical destiny after the appliance of the structural adjustment program. Greater than 7,000 individuals had been thus out of labor and with no help plan, in line with Karim Niakara, president of the Nationwide Affiliation of Deflated Employees. He believes that reconciliation should additionally cross the restoration of their rights.
“Youngsters thrown out on the streets, youngsters who’ve dropped out of college and even instances of suicide … So in this example we will not speak about nationwide reconciliation if the case of those deflated employees just isn’t addressed.”
Because the instances are already being handled at a excessive stage by the Excessive Council for Nationwide Reconciliation – the establishment chargeable for their administration – Prime Minister Zephirin Diabré guarantees to look at the proposals that might be recommend for cautious implementation.
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