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It is also seeking to expand the number of those benefitting from the conditional cash transfer programme to 32 million, from the present 13 million.
NAN quoted President Muhammadu Buhari as disclosing this in a message to commemorate the workers’ day celebration on Saturday.
Buhari said the expansion of the N-Power programme would ensure job creation and poverty alleviation that would in turn cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Nigerians.
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“We also have put in place some socio-economic policies, which also include Conditional Cash Transfer for the vulnerable poor from 2.6 million households (13 million persons) to 7.6 million households (about 32 million persons),” his message read.
Nigeria plans to expand N-Power programme to one million people
Mr Buhari said that the expansion of the N-Power programme would ensure job creation and poverty alleviation. 2 min read
The federal government says it will expand the N-Power programme from the present 500,000 beneficiaries to one million.
President Muhammadu Buhari said this in a message to commemorate the 2021 Workers’ Day celebration on Saturday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 2021 Workers’ Day theme is ”COVID-19, Social and Economic Crises: Challenges for Decent Work, Social Protection and Peoples Welfare”.
Mr Buhari said that the expansion of the N-Power programme would ensure job creation and poverty alleviation through programmes such as Safety Net Programmes to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Labour union links insecurity in Kaduna, Niger, Kogi to workers’ sacking The Punch
Published 1 May 2021
THE Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical, and Recreational Services Employees has linked the insecurity in Kaduna, Niger, and Kogi States to the sacking of about 30,000 workers by the state government.
General-Secretary of the union, Sikiru Waheed, claimed the Governor El -Rufai administration has sacked 30, 000 workers since it came into power in 2015.
The state had last month disengaged about 5,000 local government workers, hinging the decision on its dwindling finances and high wage bill.
Following the development, the Nigeria Labour Congress declared a five-day withdrawal of services in the state to protest the sacking.