The immediate-past Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has tendered an unreserved apology to the Senate for disrespecting the
The programme was targeted at employing 1,000 unskilled youths in each of the 774 LGAs of the country for three months.
Nwokocha drew the attention of the Senate to how Keyamo ignored the Senate when he was asked to give explanation on the implementation of the programme.His motion was seconded by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe . He, therefore, endorsed the point of order from Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, asking the red chamber to go into closed-door session to resolve the issue.
He said the entire register of the “beneficiaries of the special public works and their details, including their account numbers and BVNs are with the NDE.”Consequently, Senator Ali Ndume moved a motion that the Senate do accept apology and allow Keyamo to take his leave.
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