Beneficiaries of the Federal Government Special Public
Works, SPW, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will earn N20,000 monthly.
The SPW is a presidential initiative packaged to cushion the
effect of the Coronavirus pandemic on Nigerians.
The initiative is being handled by the Federal Ministry of
Labour and Employment.
A 20-member Selection Committee for the SPW programme in FCT
was officially inaugurated on Friday at the National Directorate of Employment
(NDE) Skill Centre Bwari, Abuja.
The inauguration was presided over by the Chairman of the
Committee, Hon. Galadima Abdullahi, alongside the Vice Chairman, Michael Ogbodo
and the Secretary, Mrs. Noami Nyada.
The trio of Abdullahi, Ogbodo and Nyada had earlier been
inaugurated by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus
Keyamo, as the executive members of the committee about three weeks ago.
In her welcome address, Mrs. Nyada who is also the FCT NDE
Coordinator, said: “The Special Public Works programme is designed to employ
One Thousand (1000) persons from each of the 774 Local Government Areas of the
country. The initiative is expected to commence in October 2020 and will last
for three months.
“Each beneficiary will be paid twenty thousand naira monthly
to carry out public works that are peculiar to their Local Government Areas.
“This committee is going to be saddled with the
responsibility of identifying the public works to be executed in each of the
Local Government Areas in the Federal Capital Territory.
“This, of course, would be in addition to Projects already
identified by several Federal Ministries, Agencies and Parastatals in different
localities across FCT. It is heartwarming to note that the Government of
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved this special intervention programmes
and fiscal stimulus measures to help cushion the negative impact of the
Coronavirus Pandemic on Nigerians.”
Speaking at the occasion, the Vice Chairman of the
Committee, Ogbodo said,“The six thousand persons that will be engaged in the
programme in FCT are to earn N20, 000 each month for a period of three months
from October to December 2020.
“In the three months for which the programme will last, the
economy of FCT would have been boosted by N360 million.”
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