Festus Keyamo: says beneficiaries of 774,000 jobs will be paid via BVN
The Federal Government said that successful applicants for the 774,000 jobs slot, under the Extended Special Public Works Programme, will be paid through bank accounts, using Bank Verification Numbers (BVN).
Mr Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment made this known at a news conference he jointly addressed with Director-General, National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Mr Nasir Ladan, on Thursday in Abuja.
The Extended Special Public Works Programme is designed to employ 1,000 unskilled workers in each of the 774 Local Government Areas for road rehabilitation, construction, sanitation, among others.
Keyamo said that the government settled for the measure to entrench a system of transparency and to avoid double payments to applicants during the implementation.
He said that biometrics of successful applicants would be captured by the banks during the process.
He said that biometrics of successful applicants would be captured by the banks during the process.
According to him, arrangements with the banks will be concluded in the next few days to ensure that there is transparency in the process.
“President Muhammadu Buhari has given a clear directive for this programme to be totally free of fraud, everybody will be paid by a bank account and BVN.
“You must not only have a bank account you must have a BVN so you cannot be paid twice. You cannot open an account under two different names.
“Everybody’s biometrics will be taken by the banks to ensure that you don’t have two different accounts. Within the next few weeks, we will do that.
The exercise is expected to begin in October and end in December.
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