Delay in payment of participant’s salary caused by verification of BVN – NDE DG Barely three months after the commencement of the Federal Government’s Special Public Works (SPW), the programme has become enmeshed in controversy over unpaid salary. The SPW is an temporary social intervention initiated by the government to provide stop-gap three months jobs … Read more
The federal government has revealed how successful applicants for the 774,000 jobs under the Special Public Works Programme will be paid. Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), said they will be paid using their Bank Verification Numbers (BVN). He revealed this during a press briefing alongside with the Director-General of the … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party caucus in the House of Representatives threatened to take legal action against regime led by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and top officials of the Federal Government for allegedly undermining the National Assembly, especially on the Special Public Works Scheme by the Federal Government. The PDP caucus, which said … Read more
A 20-man selection committee has been inaugurated in Lagos state to select 20,000 persons expected to be engaged by the Federal Government across the 20 local government areas of the state for the extended social public works programme. Chairman of the Committee, Alhaji Mutiu Are who spoke at the state office of the National Directorate … Read more
The National Assembly has revealed that the Federal Lawmakers have the powers to suspend the recruitment exercise of 774,000 Nigerians for the Special Public Works programme under the National Directorate of Employment. Ekohotblog had earlier reported that The National Assembly has suspended the recruitment of 774,000 Nigerians for the Special Public Works programme under the … Read more
The National Assembly has suspended the recruitment of 774,000 Nigerians for the Special Public Works programme under the National Directorate of Employment. The recruitment, which was meant to ease the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on citizens was suspended following the argument between some lawmakers who engaged in a shouting match with Minister of State for … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has admonished political appointees and other government officials to refrain from using their positions to influence recruitment exercise. The president warning is coming on the heels of an altercation between minister of state, labour and employment, Festus Keyamo and federal lawmakers where the former accused the latter of trying to usurp the … Read more