The Federal Government has said it will not tolerate the recruitment of Nigerians as fighters in Ukraine amid the Russian invasion. According to a statement signed by Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Francisca Omayuli, and released on Monday, March 7, the government is in talks with Ukraine to prevent Nigerians from being used as mercenaries in Ukraine. The statement comes after Nigerians trooped to the Ukrainian Embassy in Abuja to volunteer following the Ukrainian President’s call for people around the world …
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The National Assembly has suspended the recruitment of 774,000 Nigerians for the Special Public Works programme under the National Directorate of Employment to cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement was made on Wednesday July 1 after some lawmakers engaged in a shouting match with Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo. Spokesperson for the Senate, Ajibola Basiru who admitted that the recruitment exercise was suspended after a disagreement with Keyamo, said the the Minister in …
Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment has accused some politicians in the country of trying to blackmail him and also hijack recruitment into federal government’s Special Public Works (SPW) Programme. Speaking on Monday, June 28 in Abuja at the inauguration of the state selection committee for SPW which is a post COVID-19 poverty alleviation programme approved by President Muhammadu Buhari, Keyamo recalled saying “NO” to a meeting with some politicians who want to “determine who gets what and how”. He …
Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment was quizzed by lawmakers over the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) recruitment today June 30, and was spotted in a video having a shouting match with them. One of the lawmakers was heard telling the Minister that they want to ensure his efficiency and also make sure he is doing the right thing. However when the lawmaker said that lawmakers also have the constitutional responsibilty of exposing corruption, Keyamo …
Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour who was spotted earlier having a shouting match with some lawmakers, has stated that the national assembly members cannot suspend the selection committee of the National Directorate of Employment’s 774,000 recruitment exercise. Keyamo who insisted that only Buhari can suspend the process in a statement released after the rowdy session at the national assembly, alleged that the Joint Committees on Labour of both the Senate and the House tried to “control the programme as to …