Adelani Adepegba , Abuja
After several postponements , the Special Public Works Programme which would engage 774 ,000 unemployed Nigerians will kick off nationwide on Tuesday .
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment , Festus Keyamo , while announcing this on his Twitter handle on Sunday night, explained that the President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd .) , has approved the commencement of the initiative.
He tweeted , “ President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the take off of the Special Public Works Programme ( engaging 774 ,000 unemployed itinerant Nigerians ) to begin nationwide on Tuesday , January 5th , 2021 . All NDE state structures are already in top gear for the take - off ceremonies .”
The programme, designed to employ 1 ,000 Nigerians from each of the 774 local government areas in the country was initially scheduled for launch on October 1 , last year but it ran into hitches following the power play between Keyamo and the Director -General, National Directorate of Employment ,Nasir Ladan, who was sacked last month.
Each of the 774 ,000 workers will earn N 20 , 000 monthly for three months duration of the job , amounting to about N 46 . 44 billion.
The ministers are expected to launch the scheme in their respective states in collaboration with the governors.
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See the way this useless job is coming and going as if the money involved is up to 1million, I guess this the first time this government is employing people