FOLASHADE KEHINDE
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of funds for the payment of 774,000 workers engaged under the Special Public Works Programme of the Federal Government.
To eliminate fraud or double payment, and to have an audit trail of every payment, the participants will be paid through their Bank Verification Numbers.
This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, in a tweet on Saturday.
He said he had directed the National Directorate of Employment to begin processing the payments, adding that beneficiaries should begin to receive their payments soon.
The Federal Government flagged off the 774,000 jobs programme in January this year. Each participant is expected to receive N20,000 for the next three months.
Keyamo tweeted, “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 shouldn’t expect payments.”
