Muscat: Regulating recruitment of the expat labour force is a collective social responsibility that all sectors and institutes of the state are working to achieve, Oman’s Deputy Prime Minister has said.

“Regulating recruitment of expat labour force and stopping its increase is a collective social responsibility that all sectors and institutes of the state are working for its success,” His Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for Council of Minister Affairs, said at a Council of Ministers’ meeting yesterday.

The meeting was held to highlight efforts regarding job opportunities from the higher education or training centres in either the private sector or the public sector or through entrepreneurship in a bid to provide jobs for Omani youth that meet their education qualifications.

"We will not allow questioning the abilities of "our children" -Omanis- to work in terms of experience, noting that experience is gained through training on the job," the Deputy Prime Minister said.

"The government is working hard to accommodate the youth of this country in various fields, noting that it has hugely contributed to support the private sector and its investment projects and provided it with all means to diversify the national economy and provide jobs in all fields," he added.

The minister added that it was clear to the Council in its review that there are various job opportunities in the country, moreover, there are promising economic sectors which have been empowered by the state and they should take responsibility in this regard.