774,000 JOBS: new sharing formula for the Federal Government’s 774,000 public work jobs will give governors, federal lawmakers, ministers and other category of people 40 percent of the slots, it was
learnt at the weekend.
The Presidency, pandering to the lawmakers’ request has given the full responsibility of the picking beneficiaries of the 1,000 job slots per local government to the National Directorate of Employment (NDE).
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN), has been restricted to a supervisory role to prevent the hijack of the programme by politicians.
There are 774 local government councils
recognized by the constitution. The special public works job is for artisans, who
will be deployed for assignment as may be decided. Each of the beneficiaries will get N20,000 monthly for the three-month duration.
The Federal Government has budgeted N52 billion for the scheme due to run from October till December. Giving the breakdown of the allocation of slots,
Director-General of NDE, Dr. Nasir Mohammed Ladan, said the concessionary slots in each local government as follows: National Assembly members (150); Governors (100) and Ministers (50).
The remaining 100 slot in concession will be shared among traditional rulers, religious bodies, civil society groups, and unions such as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the National Union of
Road Transport Workers (NURTW), the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP).
He said the remaining 600 slots in each of the local government areas will be thrown open to the public.
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