Oyetola inaugurates FG’s 774,000 special public works in Osun
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Gboyega Oyetola
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun, on Monday, inaugurated 774,000 Federal Government Extended Special Public Works Programme in Osogbo.
Oyetola said that the initiative of the public work was in line with Osun’s Development Agenda, aimed at guaranteeing and securing a better future for the teeming youths in the state.
“This programme, through a short-term response to the rising spate of unemployment in our country, deserves to be commended for its ambitious coverage and transparent recruitment process.
“With 1,000 beneficiaries drawn from each of the 774 local governments in the country, this programme further mobilises our young people to contribute to societal development.
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Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, on Monday, explained that expensive equipment were not distributed for the Special Public Works Programme because of the short term nature of the scheme.
Keyamo had come under fire when viral photos show him sharing wheelbarrows and cutlasses to beneficiaries of the Special Public Works Programme.
Reacting, Keyamo said the government would have to spend extra funds to train the beneficiaries should it distribute expensive modern-day tools.
The minister tweeted, “The 774,000 jobs is basically for our everyday labourers to carry out community services. It would not be financially prudent if govt were to spend billions for expensive equipment for 3-month jobs, then spend millions again training our labourers on how to use these equipment.”
By Usman Aliyu
Ilorin, Jan 9, 2021 The Selection Committee of the Federal Government’s Special Public Works (SPW) Programme has stated that the programme would inject N1 billion into the rural economy in Kwara over the next three month.
Mr Olusegun Oyewo, the Chairman of the committee in Kwara, disclosed this at the official launch of the programme in Kwara, on Saturday, in Ilorin.
Oyewo, who spoke through Mr Ahmed Yusuf, vice chairman of the committee, said that the trickle-down effect of this injection was expected to be positive for the local economy.
“It is our prayer that social intervention programmes like this are created and implemented more often by the Federal Government.
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The Federal Government’s Presidential Committee for 774,000 jobs extended special works programme has been inaugurated in Zamfara State, just as women captured in the programme are to clean hospitals and mosques in the state.
This is according to the committee’s chairman in the state.
Speaking during the formal inauguration ceremony held at Sardauna Memorial Stadium in Gusau, the state capital, the Zamfara State acting governor, Mahdi Aliyu Gusau appreciated the Federal Government’s gesture in the state.
He stressed that the aim of the programme is to reduce the rate of unemployment in the country. Mahdi Aliyu further explained that the state government under Governor Bello Matawalle, has introduced N-sip to the teeming youth and the vulnerable across the state with a monthly pay of N10,000 to each beneficiary.