Drama played out on Tuesday as some senators walked the
Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo, out of a
meeting.
The lawmakers had invited Keyamo to give details of the
Special Public Works Programme where 774,000 people would be recruited by the
Federal Government under the National Directorate of Employment (NDE).
During the meeting which was held at the National Assembly
in Abuja, members of the Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committee on
Labour sought to find out the method of selection of a 20-man committee from
each state for the programme.
However, a heated argument erupted between committee members
and Keyamo over who should helm the programme which was to be domiciled under
the NDE.
As the rowdy session ensued, the committee decided to go
into a closed-door session to discuss the matter, but the minister refused,
insisting that the further discussions be held in the presence of journalists.
This enraged the lawmakers who told Keyamo to apologise to
the committee, but he ignored them.
Thereafter, the minister was asked to leave the meeting
since he refused to apologise to the committee members.
The lawmakers claimed that Keyamo has no right to direct the
committee on how to conduct its proceedings.
This comes a day after the minster inaugurated the 20-member
committees in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by virtual
means.
According to him, 1,000 persons would be selected from each
of the 774 local government areas in the country to be engaged by the
government in the Special Public Works Programme.
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