(Multimedia) Senegal: The government signs a national social stability pact with unions and employers – Xinhua

The Senegalese government and the union and employers’ organizations in Senegal signed, on Thursday in Dakar, a national social stability pact supposed to install in the country a peaceful social climate conducive to a competitive economy.

Dakar, May 1 (Xinhua) – The Senegalese government and the union and employers’ organizations in Senegal signed on Thursday in Dakar, a national social stability pact supposed to install in the country a peaceful social climate conducive to a competitive economy, to the promotion of decent productive work and social equity.

Speaking during the national pact signature ceremony, the Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko, reiterated the government’s approach focused on dialogue, solidarity and transparency towards workers and employers in order to promote the creation of wealth and their fair sharing between all the segments of the population.

The Secretary General of the National Confederation of Senegal workers, Mody Guiro, has, on behalf of the trade union organizations, invited his union fellows to respect their commitment, materialized by the signing of the National Pact.

“Our signature commits us and we must assume ourselves. I invite all the other unions to do the same by respecting the terms of this historic pact, in the sense that it is the first time that the government and the social partners have managed to discuss in this way,” he said.

The “construction of economic sovereignty” means “reduction of outside dependence without harming the attractiveness of the country”, said the president of the National Council of employers, Baïdy Agne.