…modalities not yet approved by Pres. Buhari
The Federal Ministry of Labour And Employment has disowned an advertorial circulating on the social media that the Federal Government is currently recruiting 774,000 people under its Special Public Works Programme.
The advertorial entitled, “Application Opens For 774,000 Employment By FG: See Requirements, Salary And How To Apply’’, on a fake website is a scam and Nigerians should disregard it, so says Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo (SAN).
He disclosed that the advertorial also states stipends and commissions, requirements, how to apply, closing date, among others.
“As the Supervising Minister over the National Directorate of Employment in which the Special Public Works Programme of the Federal Government is domiciled, and having conferred with the Director-General, Dr. Nasiru Ladan Mohammed Argungu, we wish to alert members of the public that the said advertorial or anything of such presently circulating is fake and should be disregarded.
“I have just finished consultation with the Hon. Minister of Finance and we are presently working out how the scope of the program would be expanded and executed with other relevant Ministries and stakeholders across the country,’’ Keyamo said on Friday in Abuja in a press statement.
The minister promised that the public would be duly informed by the ministry when all the modalities for the recruitment have been approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.
He added: “We are also informed of instructions by certain persons going round in some States to the effect that names of those to be employed under the program should be compiled.
“We also urge these people not to embark on an exercise in futility as the guidelines for such recruitment and those to be involved have not been released by the agency.
Keyamo said the programme would be “carefully planned and executed’’to meet government’s target of empowering the largely unskilled labour in rural areas.
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