774,000 Nigerians will get employed in January 21 - Keyamo

A special job initiative which is designed to employ 774,000 Nigerian has been announced by the Federal Government.

According to the announcement by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, the initiative will commence, January 5, 2021.

The 774, 000 Special Public Works (SPW) programme is designed for artisans to do public works for three months and get paid N20,000 per month.

The Nation said that the programme suffered setbacks in commencement date because of the internal wrangling between the minister and former director-general of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Nasir Ladan.

Keyamo added that he would officially make an announcement regarding the commencement of the programme on Wednesday, December 16, at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, Legit wrote.

He also said only banks approved by the president would be used for the payment of the participants’ stipends.

The applicants, the minister explained further, will be paid through their bank accounts using their Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) to avoid fraud and double payment.