By our reporter| The House of Representatives on Tuesday asked the Minister of State for labour, Festus Keyamo, to suspend all processes for the take-off of the 774,000 Special Works programme in January 2021.
This followed the adoption of a motion moved by Rep. Olajide Olatumbosun who raised some issues that are needed to be sorted out for the smooth take-off of the programme.
Olatumbosun argued that the program should be put on hold until the list of beneficiaries compiled by the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in each state is used as a basis of selection.
“If this programme is allowed to go ahead without following due process, a bad precedent would have been set for implementing programmes of this nature in the future institutions are being gradually undermined,” he said.
The House also called on the Minister of Finance not to release funds for this programme until all issues that are related to noncompliance to due process are resolved.
It also mandated its Committees on Labour and Productivity and Legislative compliance to ensure compliance with the resolutions and report to the House within one week.
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