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By Ibrahim Ismail, Gombe
The Federal Government has flag off the Extended Special Public Works Programme 774000 Jobs in Gombe State.
About 11,000 young Nigerians across the eleven local government areas in Gombe state will benefit from the project.
The shortlisted candidates who are billed to receive the sum of N20,000 for three months, are expected to be engaged in community service including maintenance of drainages and roads, as well as irrigation work in their locality.
Speaking during the programme launching in Gombe on Friday, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami said the N20, 000 stipends are just to encourage the youths restore community service being voluntarily observed in recent years.
By Ibrahim Ismail, Gombe
The Federal Government has flag off the Extended Special Public Works Programme 774000 Jobs in Gombe State.
About 11,000 young Nigerians across the eleven local government areas in Gombe state will benefit from the project.
The shortlisted candidates who are billed to receive the sum of N20,000 for three months, are expected to be engaged in community service including maintenance of drainages and roads, as well as irrigation work in their locality.
Speaking during the programme launching in Gombe on Friday, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami said the N20, 000 stipends are just to encourage the youths restore community service being voluntarily observed in recent years.
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
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.