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774,000 Jobs: Good News As Buhari Releases Fund For Payment Of Participants

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Mar 20, 2021.

The Special Public Works (SPW) Programme is set to employ 774,000 unemployed Nigerians
FG said, the purpose for this newly brought up programme is to employ 1,000 Nigerians from each of the 774 local government areas in the country
According to them, it will help minimize financial situation the covid-19 pandemic caused in the nation.

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.

The Minister for State Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, made this known in a statement on Saturday, EKO HOT BLOG gathered.

Keyamo, consequently revealed that he has directed the NDE to begin processing the payments and participants should begin to receive payments soon.

However, the minister said in order to eliminate fraud and/or double payments, he has also directed that every payment to participants should be made using the BVN of their accounts, so that the ministry can have an audit trail of every single payment.

Those who registered with different names shouldn’t expect payments. He asserted !

Recall that the Special Public Works programme, launched in January, is aimed at employing 1,000 people from each of the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the country.

The programme is being coordinated by constituted state committees, with the beneficiaries earning N20,000 monthly.

While the programme has kick-started in some states, successful participants are yet to begin work in some other states.

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