Parents have been accused of abusing the key worker system and lying about their jobs in a bid to send their children to school.
Schools have been forced to check with employers that parents are key workers amid a surge in classroom numbers compared to the previous lockdown.
Current guidance allows any child whose parent is a key worker to attend school, even if their parent works from home.
But figures show attendance has rocketed, with up to 2,000 schools in England having more than 40 per cent of pupils attending since the start of lockdown - suggesting many are lying about their jobs.
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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari did not violate any law by reappointing Ahmed Idris as the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF).
President Buhari had reappointed Mr Idris as the AGF for a second four-year term in the office in June 2019, amid criticisms from labour groups.
Addressing State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Buhari at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa on Friday, Mr Ngige said the president exercised his constitutional powers in retaining Mr Idris in office after clocking retirement age of 60 years.
The minister said Section 171 of the Constitution empowers the president to exercise discretion in appointing persons into some extra-ministerial offices, adding that the same constitution spelled out the offices in the category, to which the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation fell.
Buhari has constitutional backing to retain Idris as AGF after 60-yrs Ngige
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, on Friday, said that President Muhammadu Buhari did not violate any law by reappointing Mr. Ahmed Idris as the Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF.
There have been grumblings from different quarters, especially from the Labour unions, over the refusal of Idris to vacate the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, despite the fact that he had clocked the statutory retirement age of 60 years in November 2020.
Briefing State House Correspondents after meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister said that the President exercised his Constitutional powers in retaining Idris in office after clocking retirement age of 60 years.
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