The Federal Government has commenced shortlisting candidates for the 500,000 jobs it promised.
The Minister of Information and Culture,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Tuesday, in Abuja when a
delegation of the National Council for Women’s Societies (NCWS) paid him
a courtesy visit in his office.
Mohammed said that applications were being received and government had started processing them for the recruitment.
“The process for the recruitment has
started. About 1.2 million people applied and they classified them into
categories including agriculture support officers, teachers, technical
officers and so on,’’ he said.
The minister also said that the payment
of N5,000 conditional cash transfer promised by the government would
begin before the end of the month.
He said the Minister of Finance, Dr Kemi
Adeosun had earlier announced this. Mohammed reiterated the commitment
of the government to improving the well-being and standard of living of
the citizens.
“We are very concerned about the welfare
of Nigerians and we are not sleeping; we are working day and night to
ensure that the country retraces its step.
“Many of our critics have been unfair to
us because many of them know that we did not invent the problems we are
facing today. “ This is time to join hands together to support the
government to move the nation forward,’’ he said.
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