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Reps demand immediate reinstatement of official sacked by Buhari
The lawmakers made the call on Tuesday while adopting a motion brought under matters of urgent national importance by Olajide Olatunbosun.
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The House of Representatives has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately reinstate the sacked Director-General of the National
The lawmakers made the call on Tuesday while adopting a motion brought under matters of urgent national importance by Olajide Olatunbosun.
The motion focussed on the 774,000 temporary jobs to be created in public works, initiated by the Buhari administration.
The jobs led to a disagreement between the lawmakers and the minister of state for labour, Festus Keyamo.
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seeks to create 774,000 jobs.
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At plenary session on Tuesday, the green chamber also asked the ministry of finance, budget and national planning not to fund the programme scheduled to kick off in January 2021.
They also asked President Muhammadu Buhari to reinstate Nasiru Argungu, director-general of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), the agency in charge of the programme.
The lawmakers, who have been at loggerheads with the federal government over the scheme, faulted the manner in which the 774,000 beneficiaries will be employed.
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In July, alongside the senate, the lower legislative chamber suspended the programme after alleging they had been sidelined.
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The lawmakers condemned the sack of the DG whom they described as a man “who had stood up for the right thing to be done”.
The House of Representatives has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately reinstate the sacked Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Nasir Argungu.
The lawmakers made the call on Tuesday while adopting a motion brought under matters of urgent national importance by Olajide Olatunbosun.
The motion was on the need to immediately suspend the public works scheme for 774,000 persons initiated by the president.
The management of the scheme led to a disagreement between the lawmakers and the minister of state for labour, Festus Keyamo.