16 Dec Reps ask Keyamo To Suspend 774,000 Jobs Scheme
The Minister Of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, has been ordered by the House of Representatives to suspend the Federal Government’s 774,000 jobs scheme.
The scheme, Special Public Works Programme of the Federal Government, was fixed for implementation by January 2021 and N52 billion was earmarked for the programme in the 2020 budget.
Under the scheme, 1,000 persons are to be employed from each of the 774 local government areas in the country for the programme.
However, in a resolution during its Tuesday plenary, the lawmakers said that the programme would not be implemented until the Nigerian Directorate of Employment NDE, made a comprehensive list of beneficiaries of the scheme available.
The National Assembly had during the recruitment of 774,000 workers for the scheme clashed with the ministry over the process for recruitment of the workers
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