Maseru, Oct. 14–Prime Minister (PM), Mr. Samuel Matekane mentioned the Government of Lesotho ratified the Freedom of Association and the Right to Organize Convention 1948 (No.87) in addition to the Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention 1949 (NO.98) in October, 1966, nonetheless, Public Officers didn’t get pleasure from these rights.

He mentioned this throughout a excessive degree sensitisation workshop on the implementation of Convention 151 on Monday, held for Government Secretary, Principal Secretaries and the Cabinet.

He confessed that the Government of Lesotho took time to understand the Convention.

‘’The time the Lesotho Government took to ratify this Convention was not as a result of it didn’t need to, reasonably, it was skeptical about its urge for food to implement it given the character and the scale of the Public Service’’, mentioned the PM.

He expressed gratitude to the International Labour Organization for patiently strolling the lengthy journey in the direction of ratification of Convention 151 with the federal government, including {that a} key milestone was achieved when this journey got here to fruition in March, 2023 upon ratification of the Convention..