The federal government has commenced the partial payment to
beneficiaries of its special public works (SPW) programme.
Festus Keyamo, minister of state, labour and employment,
announced this via his Twitter page on Saturday.
The SPW is a federal government initiative that kicked off
in July 2020 to engage 774,000 unemployed youth in a short-term employment
programme across Nigeria.
The programme was approved by Muhammadu Buhari as part of
the fiscal stimulus measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In March 2021, Keyamo said that Buhari had ordered the
release of funds for payment of the 774,000 beneficiaries of the SPW programme.
“After the release of some of the funds by the Ministry of
Finance for the payment of SPW stipends, I directed a rigorous scrutiny of the
accounts of the participants before payments,” the tweet read.
“We discovered instances of accounts not matching BVNs,
multiple accounts bearing a single BVN, non-existent BVNs, etc.”
The minister said in a bid to eliminate fraud, he directed
the National Directorates of Employment (NDE) to write to commercial banks to
investigate the issue before commencing payments.
“So far, only ACCESS Bank has responded with accounts
verified for payments and the NDE has today commenced payments of those
accounts with ACCESS Bank.
“We await the responses of ZENITH, UBA, FCMB, FIDELITY,
HERITAGE & Yobe Micro-Finance Banks to clean up the anomalies.
“Our determination to ensure those selected for this
programme get paid to assist them in these tough times is also matched by our
determination to ensure that the programme does not spiral into a vehicle for
fraud; not under the watch of Mr. President; not under my watch.”
1. PRESS RELEASE:
— Festus Keyamo, SAN (@fkeyamo) April 17, 2021
NDE COMMENCES PARTIAL PAYMENTS OF SPW (774,000 JOBS) STIPENDS
(1) After the release of some of the funds by the Ministry of Finance for the payment of SPW stipends, I directed a rigorous scrutiny of the accounts of the participants before payments
3. (4). So far, only ACCESS Bank has responded with accounts verified for payments and the NDE has today commenced payments of those accounts with ACCESS Bank
— Festus Keyamo, SAN (@fkeyamo) April 17, 2021
5. We await the responses of ZENITH, UBA, FCMB, FIDELITY, HERITAGE & Yobe Micro-Finance Banks to clean up the anomalies
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday4. (6) Our determination to ensure those selected for this programme get paid to assist them in these tough times is also matched by our determination to ensure that the programme does not spiral into a vehicle for fraud; not under the watch of Mr. President; not under my watch
— Festus Keyamo, SAN (@fkeyamo) April 17, 2021
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