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Keyamo to know fate - Senate in emergency closed session over 774, 000 jobs

Senate In Emergency Closed Session Over Keyamo

The Senate is currently in an emergency closed session to discuss the proposed recruitment of 774, 000 federal workers.

The closed session started immediately the red chamber resumed plenary on Tuesday.

The federal parliament had suspended the Public Works Programme penultimate week following a disagreement between its committee on Labour and the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo.

The lawmakers accused Keyamo of hijacking the recruitment exercise from the National Directorate of Employment, which got N52bn approval to carry out the programme.

Instead …