Lagos gets 20,000 slots from 774,000 Extended Special Public Works programme Lagos gets 20,000 slots from 774,000 Extended Special Public Works programme
• As FG officially flags-off exercise in the state
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Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the state will get 20,000 slots out of 774,000 jobs for Nigerians across all the Local Government Areas in the country being offered by the Federal Government through its Extended Special Public Works (SPW) Programme.
The programme is being implemented through the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in collaboration with state governments and other relevant stakeholders.
Sanwo-Olu disclosed this at the official flag-off of the programme in the Federal Government, held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa-Ikeja, even as he called for increased allocation to the state, citing increasing population, attraction of Lagos, among others to all Nigerians with every village or town having its representative livi
By Oluwatope Lawanson and Adekunle Williams
Lagos, Jan. 26, 2021 The Federal Government on Tuesday inaugurated 20,000 Extended Special Public Works (SPW) Programme in Lagos state.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, made this known in Lagos during the inauguration of the Extended SPW Programme of the 774,000 jobs in the country.
Fashola, represented by the ministry’s Head of Works in Lagos State, Mr Kayode Popoola, said the programme aimed at providing employment opportunities for unemployed Nigerians
The minister congratulated the 20,000 Lagosians that had been selected to participate in the programme.
He urged the participants to be at their very best and be good ambassadors of the state.
Nigerian government flags-off extended special public works programme in Lagos
January 27, 2021
After a protracted discussion among the stakeholders, the Federal Government today in Lagos finally launched the Extended Special Public Works (SPW) Programme (the 774,000 jobs) aiming at providing employment opportunities for the unemployed Nigerians.
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu speaking on Tuesday through his deputy, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, at the official flag-off of the Programme held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa-Ikeja, stated that the programme which is being implemented through the National Directorate of Employment in collaboration with State Governments and other relevant stakeholders will provide seven hundred and seventy-four thousand (774,000) jobs for Nigerians across all the local government areas out of which 20,000 will be in Lagos.
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Sanwo-Olu begs Buhari for more slots as FG flags-off 774,000 jobs in Lagos
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration to increase the state allocation as it finally kicked off the 774,000 jobs, Extended Special Public Works, ESPW, programme in Lagos, aimed at providing employment opportunities for the unemployed Nigerians.
Sanwo-Olu, who made the call through his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, yesterday, at the official flag-off of the programme, held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa-Ikeja, stated that the programme which is being implemented through the National Directorate of Employment, NDE, in collaboration with state governments and other relevant stakeholders, will create 774,000, jobs for Nigerians across all the local government areas out of which 20,000 will be