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Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo SAN, on Thursday, disclosed that the Federal Government has released N46.4 billion for the payment of stipends to beneficiaries of its Extended Special Public Works programme (ESPW) for three months.
He said the payment commences by the end of January.
Keyamo disclosed this during the launch of the implementation of the ESPW at the PTI Conference Centre, Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State.
He said that Nigerians who were already engaged would receive a stipend of N20,000 per month and a total of N60,000 for three months.
“For your information, the president has graciously released to us for the payment of stipends N46.4 billion. And we are ready to pay the stipend.