President Muhammadu Buhari’s 500,000 job intervention programme for unemployed graduates has finally kicked off, with successful applicants commencing work on December 1, 2016.
The fulfilment is, however, coming precisely one year and seven months after the administration came on stream.
The project has had several hiccups, which elicited doubts in many Nigerians about its practicability. This persisted until the Office of the Vice President where the project is domiciled, announced that it was factored into the 2016 national budget signed into law by President Buhari on May 6, 2016.
The project has had several hiccups, which elicited doubts in many Nigerians about its practicability. This persisted until the Office of the Vice President where the project is domiciled, announced that it was factored into the 2016 national budget signed into law by President Buhari on May 6, 2016.
The programme is in line with the 2015 election campaign promises of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to provide jobs for teeming unemployed youths in the country.
Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, reacted swiftly, commending the government for matching words with action but warned that those engaged to teach in schools should be right professionals.
Meanwhile, unveiling details of the programme in the statement from the Vice President’s office, government stated that the names of the selected 200,000 had been sent to state governments and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, who would deploy them to assignments in various communities.
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