{"id":35159,"date":"2020-10-14T09:23:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T09:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=35159"},"modified":"2020-10-14T09:23:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T09:23:34","slug":"fg-shifts-commencement-of-774000-public-works-programme-to-november-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=35159","title":{"rendered":"FG shifts commencement of 774,000 public works programme to November 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Keyamo.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Federal Government has rescheduled the commencement of the Public Works Programme aimed at engaging 774,000 unemployed Nigerians to November 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme was initially slated to take-off on October 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister of State for Labour,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/fgs-774000-jobs-keyamo-tells-committees-to-consider-every-resident-not-indigenes-only\/\">Mr. Festus Keyamo<\/a>, disclosed this in a statement signed by the ministry\u2019s Head of Press and Public Relations, Mr. Charles Akpan, on Tuesday in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said President Muhammadu<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/buhari-meets-lawan-gbajabiamila-on-774000-jobs-project\/\">&nbsp;Buhari<\/a>&nbsp;had approved the new date for the commencement of the programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the minister, the approval was based on his memo to the president, informing him that most of the proposed project sites are still water-logged due to heavy rainfall in most parts of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has rescheduled the commencement of the Public Works Programme aimed at engaging 774,000 unemployed Nigerians to November 1. 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