The Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, says President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a totally fraud-free recruitment exercise for the Special Public Works programme.
Addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, Keyamo said Buhari also directed the use technology to monitor the process.
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He said the government was creating an interactive website where names of the implementation committee members would be placed and easily reached.
The Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment, Mohammed Nasir Ladan Argungum, said of the N52bn budgeted for the scheme, N46.6bn would be used for the payment of stipends to beneficiaries; and the balance, for logistics, ITC, transportation, printing and the provision of working tools.
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