FG Officially kicks off Public Works Programme suspended by National Assembly
Juliet Uduji
Federal Government has kicked off the Special Public Works Programme suspended by the National Assembly.
The government announced the take-off via its official Twitter handle on today, July 14.
The programme, which is coordinated by the Federal Ministry of Employment, Labour and Productivity , was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari as a part of the fiscal stimulus measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A total of 1,000 Nigerians from each of the 774 local g
Government Areas will be engaged in the programme coordinated by constituted state committees.
“The State Selection Committees have been inaugurated and have commenced work,” the federal government said via its Twitter handle.
Dgovscoops had earlier reported that Buhari directed Festus Keyamo, Minister of State in the Ministry, to commence the programme amid an ongoing misunderstanding with the National Assembly.
Keyamo had been on collision course with the National Assembly over the legislature’s insistence on dictating the process of the programme.
The National Assembly suspended the programme in the heat of its face-off with the minister, demanding further explanations.
At a meeting in June, members of the committee were near fisticuffs with the minister who was walked out of the event.
But Keyamo accused the committee of seeking to hijack the programme and to appropriate some job slots to themselves.
He also accused the National Assembly committee of challenging the President by its action.
