APC members attempt to steal 774, 000 jobs Buhari created – Keyamo

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has said that some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) tried to take over the 774,000 Special Works Scheme under this initiative.

Keyamo stated that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), however, saved the scheme from being hijacked by APC members.

This Minister made this known during the weekly Ministerial Media Chat at the State House on Thurday.

As indicated by him, “Before the election of 2019, many of our APC members were mad. They were mad that this programme should be for APC so that we can use it to run elections.

“But the President said no, the President would laugh despite all that; they were threatening that we are going to lose the election. PDP members were using this programme to empower their people in this state.

“APC had nothing to empower. Didn’t the President win? He won; he won more people to his side by that.”

The Special Public Works Programme was inaugurated in 2021 by the Federal Government and its objective is to employ 1000 youths across the 774 Local Government Areas for three months.

It is aimed to empower people at the grass root, making lives easy for them as the effect of Covid-19 pandemic hit the economy.