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Covid-19: Buhari approves recruitment of 774,000 Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved the engagement of 774,
000 Nigerians on a Special Public Works programme in the country to help
reduce the effect of COVID-19 pandemic.

Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed,
announced this at a press conference on fiscal stimulus measures in
response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday in Abuja.

She disclosed that 1, 000 people would be recruited from each of the 774 local government areas in the country.

Ahmed explained that N60 billion had been earmarked from the COVID-19
crisis intervention fund as allowances and operational costs for the
initiative.

“ Buhari has now approved that this programme be extended to all 36
States and the FCT from October to December 2020, and the selected
time-frame was to ensure that it was implemented after the planting
season.

“The Federal Ministry of Finance is evaluating to see best ways to
extend the Special Public Works Programme, to provide stipends for
workers to undertake Roads Rehabilitation and Social Housing
Construction and also Urban and Rural Sanitation, Health Extension and
other critical services.

“This intervention will be undertaken in conjunction with the key
federal ministries responsible for Agriculture, Environment, Health, and
Infrastructure and states to financially empower individuals who lost
their jobs due to the economic crisis,” She added.

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