(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has been conferred with the award of the Outstanding Supporting Personality for Education Sector by the Lagos State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT). The speaker was conferred with the award alongside other personalities at the Lagos NUT's first edition of its
Nigeria Recruits 200,000 University Graduates
The Nigerian government on November 20, 2016, announced that 200,000 university graduates have been retained for temporary employment and deployment to the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja and State civil services. Thisday newspaper reported that the young workers who are to begin work on December 1, 2016, are the first batch of the 500,000 university graduates to be employed by government on volunteer basis as promised by President Muhammadu Buhari during his electioneering campaign in 2014.Lire aussi : Eliminatoires des Jeux olympiques: Les Lionnes sont prêtes
The N-Power Corps is a paid two-year volunteering programme that engages graduates in their immediate communities. The 500,000 graduates will be trained in skills to enable them leave after two years for economically-viable job and business opportunities. Participants are to earn 30,000 Naira (about 58,000 FCFA) a month. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to th