Sun, 02 Apr 2017 11:51:12 +0000 By SANDRA MACHIMA PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu’s assurance to Parliament that Government is in a hurry to push for the Social Protection Bill is a welcome move that shows his commitment to addressing issues affecting the nation, says International Labour Organization (ILO) national programmes coordinator Mwenya Kapasa. Ms Kapasa said ILO it was noteworthy that government was working towards enhancing social protection issues and make them known to the public. She said it was giving hope that the Government was actually in a hurry to push for a bill on grounds that social protection was a right. The ILO has worked, among other things, the establishment of a comprehensive and integrated social protection system, the role of civil society in the delivery of social protection and the establishment of social health insurance. She noted that social protection was not getting the much attention it deserved and therefore it was […]
