The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the
alleged failure of the Special Public Works Scheme initiated by the Federal
Government, which was meant to engage 774,000 youths.
At the plenary on Wednesday, the House mandated its
Committees on Youths, Labour, Finance and Appropriations to carry out the probe
into the “non-implementation of the scheme and report back within two weeks for
further legislative action.”
The House also mandated its Committee on Appropriations to
capture the scheme in the 2022 budget estimates.
This was sequel to a motion moved by Gudaji Kazaure, which
was titled ‘Call to investigate the Presidential Youth Empowerment Scheme.’
The National Assembly had in 2020 clashed with the Minister
of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity over the scheme.
Members of the joint panel set up by the Senate and the
House had summoned the minister and the then Director-General of the National
Directorate of Employment, Nasiru Argungu, to brief them on steps so far taken
to recruit 774,000 persons across the country.
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