The Federal Government on Friday requested the assistance of the International Labour Organisation, in the review and strengthening of Labour laws in the country. ThePermanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, William Alo,made the request while receiving the ILO Director General, Guy Ryder, in hisoffice in Abuja. Healso requested ILO’s assistance in capacity building for professional officersof the ministry. According to him, there is the need to strengthen the Labour Inspectorate System in the country by providing technical assistance with regards to granting quotas for full fellowships to facilitate access to training programmes. Read This: Bandits Kill Two Soldiers, Civilians In Kaduna Whileappreciating the ILO for the Decent Work Country Programme I and Decent WorkCountry Programme II, Alo appealed to ILO to extend its usual full support to the NigerianGovernment in the formulation and implementation of Decent Work CountryProgramme III, which had become overdue.