President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the payment of stipends to the 774,000 participants of the ongoing Special Public Works Programme across the country.
The Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Festus Keyamo (SAN), on Saturday, made the announcement on his Twitter handle, @fkeyamo.
Keyamo said he had directed the National Directorate of Employment to begin processing of the payments.
The minister assured the participants that they will soon receive alerts.
He wrote “President Muhammadu Buhari has graciously directed a release of the funds for the payment of stipends to the 774,000 participants of the SPW programme.
“I have consequently directed the NDE to begin processing the payments and participants should begin to receive payments soon.
“In order to eliminate fraud and/or double payments, I have also directed that every payment to participants should be made using the BVN of their accounts so we can have an audit trail of every single payment.
“Those who registered with different names should not expect payments.”
Recall that the programme designed to engage 774,000 unemployed Nigerians started nationwide on January 5, 2020 after several postponements with each participant expected to earn N20,000 monthly for the three-month duration of the programme.
