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Marine academy seamen to be allowed to take job in Greece

Rafiq Hasan
Manpower export to Greece is likely to begin soon as the tussle between two ministries that stalled the pro-cesscnded yesterday.
Minister for Shipping Akbar Hossain and State Minister for Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Mohammad Quamntl Islam discussed the issue and
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agreed to close the 'communication gap' between their ministries that led to the stalemate, sources said.
"There was some communication gap between us and we have resolved it through discussion," Quamrul Islam told The Daily Star.
The ministries agreed to allow export of manpower for marine sector jobs only in case of people who received training at the marine academy or seamen training centre in Chittagong.
The shipping ministry will provide a list of trained workers to the oversees employment ministry to send it to recruiting agencies.
Sources mentioned over 5,000 trained seamen are now looking for jobs.
The tussle between the two ministries surfaced following an advertisement by a private recruiting agency for sending 159 workers for jobs in a shipping company in Greece.
A government handout said the advertisement was illegal and
asked people not to respond to it.
The oversees employment ministry requested the Shipping ministry to withdraw the handout but it did not.
Officials hoped the recruiting company, Rabbi International, would now be able send workers to Greece.
About withdrawal of the handout, they said it might not be required if the company does not face any difficulties in exporting workers.
Mohammad Bashir, proprietor of the company, however sought withdrawal of the handout to 'restore goodwill' of his firm. "I am in a complex situation as my line company already indicated it would not allow us to send workers unless the handout is withdrawn," he said.
Meanwhile, the recruiting agency has already cancelled interview of workers that was supposed to begin yesterday and several hundred people went back frustrated.