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Senate Invites Festus Keyamo Over 774,000 Jobs, Demands Names, Account Details Of Beneficiaries

Senate Invites Festus Keyamo Over 774,000 Jobs, Demands Names, Account Details Of Beneficiaries

Senate Invites Festus Keyamo Over 774,000 Jobs, Demands Names, Account Details Of Beneficiaries

The senators said none of their constituents benefited from the programme coordinated by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo.

The Senate Public Account Committee has begun a probe into the Special Public Works programme coordinated by the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in 2020.

The panel has demanded a list of the 774,000 Nigerian beneficiaries that the programme was aimed at recruiting.

The committee resolved to request the list on Tuesday after some of its members disclosed that none of their constituents benefited from the programme launched in 2020

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In 2020, the Nigerian government earmarked N52 billion for the Special Public Works Programme – to recruit 1,000 young Nigerians from each of the 774 local governments for three months and pay them N20,000 each.

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