*FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S EXTENDED SPECIAL PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME (ESPW - 774,000 JOBS):*

*RESOLUTION REACHED BY THE OFFICE OF THE HON. MINISTER OF STATE LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT TOGETHER WITH THE NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT AND THE PARTICIPATING BANKS ON MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021.*

At a meeting of the above parties held at the Conference room of the Office of the Hon. Minister of State Labour and Employment earlier today in respect of the Federal Government’s Extended Special Public Works Programme (774,000 Jobs) to review the progress so far made in executing the programme, the parties noted the following:

UPDATES ON REGISTRATION, VERIFICATION AND PAYMENTS MADE AS AT FRIDAY 18TH JUNE 2021.

(SEE TABLE IN THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT)

In light of the above and shortfalls recorded in registration, verification and payments, including the need for the public to be properly guided and updated, all the parties reached the following resolutions.

RESOLUTIONS:

1. All parties affirm that they will continue the rigorous process of registering and verifying all the participants before payments in order to avoid wide-scale fraud in the programme. The banks will continue the role of registering and verifying the participants from their local branches in different LGAs in order to ensure that most of the participants are resident in those LGAs to achieve the aim and design of the programme of empowering 1,000 Nigerians in each of the 774 LGAs in Nigeria.

2. The meeting agreed that those who have already been selected for the ESPW programme and have issues should approach their various banks to regularize their registration. The Bank branches are directed to attend to all participants duly selected using https://banks.specialpublicworks.gov.ng. On no account should they be turned back.

3. Those who have been duly captured by the banks but with incorrect or inconsistent BVNs are advised to go back to their banks to rectify the inconsistencies. A link will be provided on the ESPW and NDE websites (www.specialpublicworks.gov.ng and www.nde.gov.ng) for participants to check their BVN status. For those who cannot use the internet they should go to the State NDE offices, Liaison Officers of the NDE in their various LGAs or approach the Chairman of their State Selection Committee to avail them the list of those with issues with their BVNs.

4. For those who do not have problems with their BVNs but have not received payments, they should go to the banks that registered them to clarify the issues.

5. The banks are mandated to issue ATM cards to all participants. Participants are therefore encouraged to collect their ATM cards from the banks so that they can access their payments from various cash points without necessarily going to the banks.

6. Participants are assured that their stipends would be paid as soon as all issues are resolved.

7. The meeting agreed that banks are no longer restricted to their initially allotted Local Governments. Consequently, selected participants are at liberty to approach any of the seven selected banks nearest to the Local Government where they were selected. The Banks are namely Access, FCMB, Fidelity, Heritage, UBA, Yobe MFB and Zenith.

8. So far, the NDE has authorized the payments of one-month stipends to all those that have been verified. As shown above, all parties are making strenuous efforts to resolve issues of those yet to receive the first month stipends before the commencement of the second tranche of payments.

Signed:

Representatives of the Office of the Hon. Minister:

1. Olua Davidson
2. Faniyi Fatogun
3. Christopher Omoaghe

Representatives of the National Directorate of Employment

1. Olaomi Roseline Silvia
2. Dauda Idris
3. Samaila B Mamman

Representatives of Banks at the meeting:

1. For Access Bank … Atinuke Sayo-Adeyemi

2. For FCMB… Alero Bola-Pelemo

3. For Fidelity Bank…. Fatima Garba

4. For Heritage Bank… ChiChi Alek

5. For UBA… Arerepade Akagwu

6. For Zenith Bank… Soibiye Iketubosin

7. For Yobe MFB…. Sheriff Mohammad Ibrahim

Let me look for what to eat first before i read this long epistle...

This initiative is for people in the village not urban dwellers. Government is engaging them to partake in social work.

20k paid to public work for the period of 3 months has really helpful but the federal government should mandate all banks to comply and immediately upon

Deputy1111:
*FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S EXTENDED SPECIAL PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME (ESPW - 774,000 JOBS):*

*RESOLUTION REACHED BY THE OFFICE OF THE HON. MINISTER OF STATE LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT TOGETHER WITH THE NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT AND THE PARTICIPATING BANKS ON MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021.*

At a meeting of the above parties held at the Conference room of the Office of the Hon. Minister of State Labour and Employment earlier today in respect of the Federal Government’s Extended Special Public Works Programme (774,000 Jobs) to review the progress so far made in executing the programme, the parties noted the following:

UPDATES ON REGISTRATION, VERIFICATION AND PAYMENTS MADE AS AT FRIDAY 18TH JUNE 2021.

(SEE TABLE IN THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT)

In light of the above and shortfalls recorded in registration, verification and payments, including the need for the public to be properly guided and updated, all the parties reached the following resolutions.

RESOLUTIONS:

1. All parties affirm that they will continue the rigorous process of registering and verifying all the participants before payments in order to avoid wide-scale fraud in the programme. The banks will continue the role of registering and verifying the participants from their local branches in different LGAs in order to ensure that most of the participants are resident in those LGAs to achieve the aim and design of the programme of empowering 1,000 Nigerians in each of the 774 LGAs in Nigeria.

2. The meeting agreed that those who have already been selected for the ESPW programme and have issues should approach their various banks to regularize their registration. The Bank branches are directed to attend to all participants duly selected using https://banks.specialpublicworks.gov.ng. On no account should they be turned back.

3. Those who have been duly captured by the banks but with incorrect or inconsistent BVNs are advised to go back to their banks to rectify the inconsistencies. A link will be provided on the ESPW and NDE websites (www.specialpublicworks.gov.ng and www.nde.gov.ng) for participants to check their BVN status. For those who cannot use the internet they should go to the State NDE offices, Liaison Officers of the NDE in their various LGAs or approach the Chairman of their State Selection Committee to avail them the list of those with issues with their BVNs.

4. For those who do not have problems with their BVNs but have not received payments, they should go to the banks that registered them to clarify the issues.

5. The banks are mandated to issue ATM cards to all participants. Participants are therefore encouraged to collect their ATM cards from the banks so that they can access their payments from various cash points without necessarily going to the banks.

6. Participants are assured that their stipends would be paid as soon as all issues are resolved.

7. The meeting agreed that banks are no longer restricted to their initially allotted Local Governments. Consequently, selected participants are at liberty to approach any of the seven selected banks nearest to the Local Government where they were selected. The Banks are namely Access, FCMB, Fidelity, Heritage, UBA, Yobe MFB and Zenith.

8. So far, the NDE has authorized the payments of one-month stipends to all those that have been verified. As shown above, all parties are making strenuous efforts to resolve issues of those yet to receive the first month stipends before the commencement of the second tranche of payments.

Signed:

Representatives of the Office of the Hon. Minister:

1. Olua Davidson
2. Faniyi Fatogun
3. Christopher Omoaghe

Representatives of the National Directorate of Employment

1. Olaomi Roseline Silvia
2. Dauda Idris
3. Samaila B Mamman

Representatives of Banks at the meeting:

1. For Access Bank … Atinuke Sayo-Adeyemi

2. For FCMB… Alero Bola-Pelemo

3. For Fidelity Bank…. Fatima Garba

4. For Heritage Bank… ChiChi Alek

5. For UBA… Arerepade Akagwu

6. For Zenith Bank… Soibiye Iketubosin

7. For Yobe MFB…. Sheriff Mohammad Ibrahim

I can't see anywhere they mentioned that they have extended the program from this long epistle.