Tag: 774000 Jobs

774,000 jobs: NDE commences partial payment to beneficiaries

Aminu Imam

The Nigeria Directorate Of Employments (NDE) has commenced partial payment to beneficiaries of its special public works (SPW) programme which accommodated 774,000 across the local governments. The SPW is a Federal Government initiative that kicked off in July 2020 to engage a total of 774,000 unemployed youths in a short-term employment programme across Nigeria. The programme was approved by the president as part of the fiscal stimulus measures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Minister of State, Labour and employment, Festus Keyamo, announced this in a statement. “After the…

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774,000 jobs: Buhari approves payment of stipends to participants

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of the funds for the payment of stipends to the 774,000 participants of its Special Public Works (SWP) programme. Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, confirmed the development in a statement released yesterday. “President Muhammadu Buhari has graciously directed a release of the funds for the payment of stipends to the 774,000 participants of the SPW programme”, Keyamo stated. Keyamo added that he had directed the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to begin processing the payments and participants should begin…

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774,000 Jobs: Reps reject 30 slots per lawmaker

Ishaku Yohanna

The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has rejected the 30 job slots allotted to each Member of the House for the respective local government areas within their constituencies, in the Federal Government’s 774,000 public jobs scheme. The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, in a statement on Tuesday, described the allotment of 30 out of the 1,000 slots per local government as grossly unfair and unacceptable by Nigerians and the lawmakers, who are the true representatives of the people. The Caucus demanded more transparency and…

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774,000 Jobs: Senate mandates NDE to take over recruitment process from Keyamo

Ishaku Yohanna

The Senate has insisted that the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) will carry out the special public works programme which will be supervised by the Ministry of Labour. The lawmakers also insisted that they will execute its oversight function on the implementation of the public works programme by the NDE in line with the appropriation act, the constitution and other enabling laws. Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, in a motion on Tuesday said the resolution was taken by the Senate, sequel to motion through a point of…

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774,000 jobs: Buhari shuns Senate, directs Keyamo to proceed with recruitment exercise

Ishaku Yohanna

Minister of State for Labour and employment, Festus Keyamo, said President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed him to proceed with the planned 774, 000 recruitments under the Extended Special Public Works programme (SPW), despite the objections by the Nigerian Senate. Keyamo in an interview with journalists on Tuesday said that the President directed him to continue with the exercise, which was earlier suspended by the National Assembly following a disagreement with the minister. He said, “I have the instructions of my boss, Mr President, to proceed with the supervision of the…

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