Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment,
has warned Nasir Ladan, director-general of the National Directorate of
Employment (NDE), of severe penalties if he further breaches the directives of
his ministry on the special public works programme.
Sources at the NDE confirmed the censure to TheCable.
President Muhammadu Buhari earlier gave
Keyamo the go-ahead to execute the programme which the national assembly had
suspended.
The minister and the national assembly committees on labour
and employment had slugged it out over the legislature’s attempt at dictating
the process of the programme.
The national assembly committees said Keyamo should not
superintend the programme, and they were already making an alternative plan
with the NDE DG to implement the public works programme which will see the
employment of 774,000 citizens.
The minister wrote to the NDE DG,
citing the directive of the president on the execution of the programme under
the supervision of his ministry.
He asked the DG to halt all further plans to proceed with an
alternative plan to implement the programme with the committees of the national
assembly.
The minister also asked the DG not to ”do anything or take
any step regarding the preparation and actual execution of the special public
works programme without” his express approval in writing.
The federal government announced it has kicked off the programme
on Tuesday.
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