Buhari has concluded Plans to Employ 774000 Nigerians how to apply

Buhari has concluded Plans to Employ 774000 Nigerians how to apply

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Buhari has concluded Plans to Employ 774000 Nigerians how to apply Nigerian Minister for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has revealed that President Buhari has approved the employment of 774, 000 Nigerians on Special Public Works programme in the country to reduce the negative effect of COVID-19 also known as Corona virus Attacks.

Mrs Zainab Ahmed disclosed this at a press conference on fiscal stimulus measures in response to Corona virus issues and oil prices fiscal shock, on Monday in Abuja Nigeria.

The Honorable Minister further explained that out of the 774,000 people that will be recruited 1, 000 applicants were expected to be recruited each from the 774 local government areas we have across Nigeria.

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According to what the Honorable Minister revealed, she said that the sum of N60 billion for allowances and operational cost has been budgeted from the COVID-19 crisis intervention funds for the initiative.

Mrs Zainab Ahmed further disclosed that Buhari had previously approved a pilot special public works programme in eight states to be implemented by the National Directorate of Employment, NDE.

She added that Buhari had 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, Budget and National Planning is also evaluating how best to extend the Special Public Works Programme, to provide modest stipends for itinerant workers to undertake Roads Rehabilitation and Social Housing Construction.

Ahmed said: “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, as well as the states, to financially empower individuals who lose their jobs due to the economic crisis.

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“Mr. President has approved the establishment of a-N500 billion COVID-19 Crisis Intervention Fund. The establishment of the Fund will involve drawing much-needed cash resources from various Special Funds and Accounts, in consultation with and with the approval of the National Assembly.

“The N500 billion is proposed to be utilized to upgrade healthcare facilities as earlier identified by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and approved by Mr. President.

“This will help to finance the Federal Government’s Interventions to support states in improving healthcare facilities, finance the creation of a Special Public Works programme and Fund any additional interventions that may be approved by Mr. President”.

The minister noted that although similar challenges were experienced in 2008/2009 as well as in 2015/2016, Nigeria had considerably lower fiscal buffers now than in previous economic downturns.

According to her, the decline in international oil prices and domestic production may be magnified if a severe outbreak of COVID-19 occurs, despite ongoing efforts to curtail the spread of the pandemic through compulsory lockdown of Lagos and Ogun States, as well as the FCT.

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Buhari has concluded Plans to Employ 774000 Nigerians how to apply

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The minister said to directly address these health and economic challenges, the president approved the Fiscal Stimulus Package among others as part of an Integrated Policy Framework to ensure that Nigeria’s healthcare system, fiscal position and economy were sufficiently supported to weather these shocks.

 

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