16,000 to get N1b from FG SPW programme in Kwara

Date: 2021-01-10

No fewer than 16,000 beneficiaries of the Federal Government Extended Special Public Works (ESPW) programme from Kwara State will earn almost one billion Naira in the next three months, it was gathered.

The beneficiaries which cut across the 16 local government areas of the state, will earn monthly stipend of N20,000 each for three months, the state selection committee Chairman Olusegun Oyewo has said.

Oyewo said this yesterday in Ilorin, Kwara State capital at the official launch of the programme, adding that the "goal is to mitigate lack of job opportunities in rural areas with this 3-month programme."

Represented by his Vice Ahmed Yusuf, Oyewo revealed the metrics used for the selection of the 16,000 beneficiaries.

According to him 46 percent of the beneficiaries are female, 54 percent male; 37 percent graduates, non-graduate 63 percent, he said.

Other metrics are ages 56 percent for ages between 18 and 30; 31 to 40 32 percent, ages 41-50 12 percent, while persons with disability got five percent.

He said: "I am especially glad that while the committee aimed for 30 per cent female participation, we achieved 46 percent. This high percentage shows the value we have attached to the role our mothers and sisters play in our homes and society.

"For the next three months, each of you will earn N20,000 per month, totaling N60,000 each. I believe this amount will make an impact in mitigating the severe economic effects of COVID-19 and unemployment.

"Majority of the beneficiaries have already been registered and

verified by the approved banks. I encourage those that haven't

registered at the banks to do so immediately. The banks have also been instructed to communicate with selected beneficiaries that haven't registered with them. "Over the next months, Kwara State will see an influx of almost one billion Naira into its rural economy. The trickle-down effect at the local economy will be positive. It is our prayer that social intervention programs like this are created and implemented more often by the Federal government."

In a remark, Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed said in due course government and the organized private sector might create or provide exit options for the beneficiaries.

The minister who was represented by Mrs. Ibiyemi Abegunde added that the "Federal Government shall closely monitor the implementation of the programme to ascertain the efficient utilization of every resource, human/material committed to the programme."

Earlier acting Director General of the National Directorate of Employment Mallam Abubakar Fikpo represented by Roseline Olawoyin urged the participants to diligently execute their assigned tasks throughout the duration of the programme.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Agor Market     CELF     National Information Technology Development Agency     Principal Private Secretary     Toyin Abdullahi     Raji AbdulRasaq     Abdullahi Biffo     Saliu Ajia     ASMAU PLAZA     Amina El-Imam     T And K FOODS     Gbugbu     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Yahya Mohammed     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     EFCC     Adedipe     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Wahab Abayawo     Idris Amosa Saidu     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Muslim Cementary     Moremi High School     Ijakadi     Sa\'adu Gambari     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Abdulwaheed Musa     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Monthly Sanitation     Muhammadu Gobir     Salman Jawondo     Igbaja     Abdulwahab Ololele     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Raymond Olaitan     Alabi Lawal     Moshood Bakare     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Nurudeen Mohammed     NITDA     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Arca Santa     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Tosin Saraki     CACOVID     Coronavirus     Olaitan Buraimoh     Sobi Hill     Iliasu     Salihu Ajia     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Ejidongari     Mamatu Abdullahi     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     SSA Youth     Read With Me     Kwara Liberation Group     Erubu     Kwara Poly     Kehinde Baale     Babaita     Rapheal Ashaolu     Abdullahi Samari     KWTV     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     PharmAccess Foundation     Raliat Islamic Foundation     AGF Abdulrazaq     Alaaya     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulazeez Uthman     Aisha Gobir     Okiki     Bursary     Baba-Isale     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Moshood Mustapha     Danladi     Col. Taiwo     Kwara Apc     Ilorin South     John Obuh     Mogaji Aare     Sulyman Tejidini     CCB     Oke Sunna     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Rafiu Ajakaye     Hijab     Mufutau Olatinwo     Okin Biscuit     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Kwara Consultative Forum     Olohungbebe     Balogun Ajikobi     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Usman Yunusa     Seun Bolaji     Bola Sagaya     Jide Ashonibare     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Raliat AbdulRazaq     A.O. Belgore     Toyin Falola     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Michael Nzekwe     Irepodun     Yahaya Dumoye     Lawal Olohungbebe     Ajikobi     Okin High School     Bibire Ajape     Afolayan     Salake     Olaitan Adefila     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Nurudeen Mohammed     Jamiu Oyawoye     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Bolaji Abdullahi     Oloje     Rasaq Jimoh     Peter Amogbonjaye     T And K FOODS     Raji AbdulRasaq     Ilorin West     Chief Imam Of Offa     Moses Rahman Popoola     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     David Adesina     Issa Baba     Air Peace     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Vasolar     Radio Kwara     Kwara North     Elerin Of Adanla     Raheem Adaramaja     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Kayode Zubair     Khairat Gwadabe     Ilorin Emirate     Kale Bayero