Tag: NDE

Tinubu appoints new D-Gs/CEOs for Code of Conduct Tribunal, NDE others

Aminu Imam
Tinubu appoints

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given his approval for the appointment of Dr. Mainasara Umar Kogo as the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, (CCT). The President also approved the appointment of Baffa ?an-Agundi as the new Director-General of the National Productivity Centre, (NPC). A statement issued by Special Adviser to the President, (Media & Publicity), Ajuri Ngelale yesterday, said ?an-Agundi is a former majority leader of the Kano State House of Assembly. He was also the Principal Registrar of the Kano State High Court of Justice. Tinubu also…

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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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NDE trains 1,000 entrepreneurs on NIRSAL/AGSMEIS loan in Oyo

Aminu Imam

NDE trains 1,000 entrepreneurs on NIRSAL/AGSMEIS loan in Oyo The National Directorate of Employment, (NDE), said it has trained no fewer than 1,000 entrepreneurs on the process of accessing the Agri-Business/Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme, (AGSMEIS), loan. The Oyo State Director of the NDE, Mrs. Olayemi Olayinka, disclosed this during the fourth cycle training for some of the entrepreneurs in Ibadan, Oyo State. AGSMEIS is a loan facility of Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL Bank). According to her, the training would enable participating entrepreneurs to…

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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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