Recently, the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) hosted a two-member delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), comprising the IMF’s Resident Representative for Nigeria, Christian H. Ebeke, and Axel Schimmelpfennig from Washington, D.C.
Papers News reports that the delegation’s visit aimed to evaluate the impact of the current socioeconomic conditions and government policies on Nigerian workers and the broader population.
Led by Schimmelpfennig, the IMF representatives sought to gather insights from the NLC regarding the state of Nigeria’s labour market, with the information intended to inform the IMF’s annual country report for Nigeria.