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Citing the Al-Qaeda-linked church bombings in Nigeria that killed 40 people on Christmas Day, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday it wants the lifting of labor ban for Filipino workers to the African state deferred for 90 days.
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said the government plans to lift the ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Nigeria despite the death of 39 people there due to bombings on Christmas Day.
Citing the improved security there, the Department of Foreign Affairs has recommended the lifting of the deployment ban there effective Jan. 1 next year.
A Nigerian firm is willing to hire Filipinos once the Philippines lifts the deployment ban there, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday.
The relatives of the Filipino seafarer who was killed in a hijacking incident last month off Nigeria are calling on the Philippine government to hasten the release of around P3.21 million in benefits they are supposed to receive.
A Philippine official in Nigeria has sought stronger ties between the two countries, noting the potential jobs for Filipinos there.
The Philippines will reassess its current ban on sending workers to Iraq, Nigeria and Lebanon and may lift it in areas with lower security risks because of the global economic crisis, the vice president said Friday.
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