774,000 Jobs: They walked me out because I did not allow them to own the process- Keyamo

FESTUS Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment on Tuesday said he was walked out of a joint investigative panel on the recruitment of 774,000 people under the National Directorate of Employment (NDE)by Federal law makers because he did not allow them to own the process.

Keyamo disclosed this to journalists as he left the investigative hearing following a disagreement between him and the lawmakers who had asked him to apologise to them.

According to The PUNCH, the Minister also accused the lawmakers of demanding more than the 15 percent job slots allocated to them.

But in a swift reaction, Godiya Akwashiki, Chairman, Senate Committee on Labour, Employment, and Productivity, who presided over the joint National Assembly panel, denied the two allegations levelled against them by Keyamo.

Rather, he accused Keyamo of allegedly trying to build a political structure of 1, 000 youths in each of the 774 local government areas across the country with the 774,000 jobs without the involvement of the NDE.

Trouble started when Keyamo was asked by the lawmakers to explain the modalities he had adopted to carry out the recruitment process and why he was not carrying out the NDE along.

He explained that an Act that established the NDE gave his ministry powers to oversee the affairs and programmes of the agency.

The investigative hearing organised by the National Assembly Joint Committee on Employment, Labour, and Productivity held at the National Assembly.

Kayemo stated that his ministry was asked to supervise the recruitment by the President Muhammadu Buhari.

He told the committee that he had inaugurated a 20-member committee to implement the recruitment process and that the committee had started work.

But in response to this, Akwashiki, asked why NDE was not being carried along in the process.

He replied that Nasiru Ladan, the Director-General of the NDE, is a member of the committee but when asked to defend himself, Ladan said the minister was in a better position to answer all questions relating to the N52 billion budgeted for the recruitment of 774,000 Nigerians under the NDE

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Very good.

But children of hate, anger and perdition are coming for you regardless.

Since is between a Buhari's minister and the NASS members, children of hate anger and perdition need not know how and why. All they know in this case is NASS members care for the masses.

And when did people suddenly become Fulanis to start putting on Fulani Attire?

This is why they want me dead

like for keyamo share for Godiya akwashiki

This one thinks we are still doing election. where u do anyhow because ruling party is on your side.

Bravo man... continue cutting their fraudulent tickets