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FG flags off ESPW programme for 25,000 benefiting Niger youths FG flags off ESPW programme for 25,000 benefiting Niger youths
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The Federal Government has flagged off the Extended Special Public Works (ESPW) programme for 25,000 beneficiaries in Niger State as part of efforts to cushion the socio-economic effect of Covid-19 in Nigeria.
The Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Zubairu Dada, on Tuesday, at the flag-off ceremony in Minna, said that the programme was adopted as a result of the outcome of its pilot scheme in rural areas, in some eight states of the federation.
He explained that this was in order to gauge its impact on addressing the ballooning population of the unemployed youths and rising insecurity in the country.
774,000 jobs meant to tackle insecurity, unemployment Aregbesola
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The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has disclosed that the Extended Special Public Works programme (ESPW) was conceived as a strategy to tackle growing unemployment and insecurity in the country.
Aregbesola, who spoke during the flag-off of the Osun State special public works programme at the Local Government Service Commission, Government Secretariat, Abere Osun State.
The Minister who was represented by the former Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security in the State, Mr Kunle Ige, said the programme is aimed at addressing the most vulnerable people in the society from the economic effect of the coronavirus pandemic.