The federal government has allocated 10 per cent of the 774,000 job
slots in the special public works programme to politicians, the
spokesperson for the Kano State selection committee, Abubakar
Muhammad-Janaral, has disclosed.
Mr Muhammad-Janaral disclosed
this to PREMIUM TIMES on Monday in an interview. He said the state has
distributed the forms for 4,400 of the state’s 44,000 job slots to
politicians, in compliance with the directive.
He said the allocation was to address politicians’ interference in the selection processes.
“We
have commenced the distribution of 10 per cent of 44,000 forms to
politicians because we don’t want interference in the selection process.
“These
politicians include the governor, his deputy, senators, members of
House of Representatives, House of Assembly members, local government
chairmen, councillors and supervisory councillors.
“They are not
diverting the forms somewhere else as they are expected to distribute
them to their people at the local level,” he said.
Mr
Muhammad-Janaral said the formula is the same nationwide as the federal
government has directed all state committees to allocate 10 per cent to
politicians.
He said the Kano state committee has constituted
local government committees which consist of traditional rulers, clerics
and community-based organisations to monitor the selection process.
According
to him, the committee will on Monday commence the distribution of the
forms to interested unemployed applicants who will later undergo a
screening to select the most qualified candidates.
The Special
Public Works programme seeks to employ about 774, 000 youths for three
months and they would be engaged in unskilled jobs such as sweeping
streets, clearing drainage, controlling traffic and road construction
among others.
The pilot programme was approved by President
Muhammad Buhari to mitigate lack of job opportunities in the rural areas
through a short-term engagement of 1000 unemployed persons per local
government area for a period of three months.
The enrollees will be given N20,000.00 monthly over the three-month period.
Members
of the National Assembly had earlier expressed concern over modalities
adopted by the federal ministry of labour for selecting the
beneficiaries.
However, the minister of state for labour and
employment, Festus Keyamo accused the federal lawmakers of attempting to
hijack the process despite having 15 per cent of the job slots
allocated to them.
Mr Keyamo had refused to explain to lawmakers
the modalities he had adopted to carry out the recruitment process and
why he was not carrying the National Directorate for Employment (NDE)
along.
The minister explained that the Act that established the
NDE gave his ministry powers to oversee the affairs and programs of the
agency.
But the lawmakers later mandated the Federal Ministry of
Finance and Budget Planning to release funds for the programme directly
to the NDE as it forbade Mr Keyamo from coordinating the exercise.
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