Tag: Keyamo
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Two ministers, Amaechi, keyamo to be keynotes discussants @ #TNGPIBConfab
The stage is set for #TNGPIBConfab, a one-day colloquium scheduled to hold on March 10th, 2021 with the theme ‘PIB: finally getting it right and breaking the 20-year hiatus’, with two sub-themes to help tackle the delay in the passage of Petroleum Industry Bill in Nigeria. The event, a virtual experience designed to find solutions…
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Don’t exit Fulani herdsmen with brute force- Ozekhome, Keyamo tell Akeredolu SAN
It is a court of law that can sift the chaff from the seeds
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Buhari celebrates Keyamo at 51
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), on the occasion of his 51st birthday anniversary. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, President Buhari lauded the Minister for his selfless and committed service to fighting for the cause…
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Why lawmakers couldn’t stop commencement of FG’s 774,000 jobs scheme – Keyamo
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has said that members of the House of Representatives have no powers to halt the Federal Government’s Public Works Programme. According to him, only the president can halt the 774,000 jobs scheme which commenced on Tuesday. “They were urging Mr President, (look at the resolution,…
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Fuel hike: NLC, TUC leaders walk out of meeting with SGF, Ngige, Keyamo, other FG representatives
The Organised Labour on Sunday walked out of a meeting with the Federal Government on recent increase in fuel price and electricity tariffs. The meeting was said to be about five minutes old before the Organised Labour, comprising Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, staged a walk out. In attendance from…
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Why Buhari cannot increase police salaries – Keyamo
Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has opined that the continuous #EndSARS protest rocking the country is becoming a mob action. He explained that some criminals have mixed with protesters to unleash terror on citizens and the police. Keyamo reiterated that President Muhammadu Buhari‘s regime was committed to improved welfare for…
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Keyamo announces new date for take-off of FG’s 774,000 jobs
The Federal Government has rescheduled the commencement of the Public Works Programme aimed at engaging 774,000 people, 1000 each from all the 774 Local Government Areas in the country. The programme, expected to engage the Nigerians for menial jobs for three months has been moved from Oct. 1 to Nov. 1. Mr Festus Keyamo, the…
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Increase in petrol, electricity tariff: Keyamo gives updates after FG, Labour meeting
Festus Keyamo, Minister of State, Labour and Employment, has given an update on the meeting between the Federal Government and labour unions over the new price of fuel and electricity tariff. Keyamo noted that representatives of government and labour adopted resolutions in the area of VAT being used to temporarily subsidize tariffs. According to Keyamo,…
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VIDEO: Angry youths match against SARS in Delta, bring coffins
There was tension in Delta State on Sunday following an alleged killing of a yet to be identified man by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS. Some aggrieved youths in Ughelli, Delta State on Sunday came out en masse to protest against police brutality in the Southern state. The irate youths as seen in…
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National Assembly, Keyamo and 774,000 special jobs, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Lately, Nigerians were treated to a back-and-forth argument over whose responsibility it is to implement the 774,000 short-term job openings, worth N52 billion, under the Special Public Works (SPW) programme in the 774 local government areas in the country. The disagreement has culminated in the House of Representatives declaring the portfolio of…