Presidential spokesman Laolu Akande disclosed in his weekly update on the Social Investment Programmes on Sunday
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The haphazard implementation of the schemes across the federation is also of concern. While the school feeding programme is said to have kicked off in three states, there are discordant tunes as to whether indeed it is so
Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja
Making this disclosure on Sunday while giving a weekly media update on the SIP was Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Office of the Vice President
Alhaji Salisu Zakar, the Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, disclosed this on Tuesday in Dutse in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
Therefore, as the federal government’s Social Investment Programme begins to take shape, it is expected that all Nigerians key into them and lend necessary support to the Buhari administration to enable it quickly address the myriad of challenges facing the country
The Bureau also urged the Federal Government to intensify its efforts at achieving a nationwide implementation of the school feeding programme
The ALGON chairman said the full report on the verification had not been submitted
The aide said as part of efforts to ensure that none of the slots allocated to the state was wasted, a second round of screening was organised to carter for the absentees, but the outcome was still not encouraging
Hundreds of Ekiti State youths were recently enlisted by the Federal Government to benefit from its employment scheme targeted at removing unemployed graduates from the job market
Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity in the Office of the Vice President, revealed this in a statement on Sunday
Bolanle Olafunmiloye, the Ondo State Focal Person for the programme, said in a statement in Akure that verification to engage the youths would commence throughout the state on December 19
Rurum said: “Despite the fact that Kano is the most populous state in the country, available data has shown that over 20,000 youths from the state applied for the scheme, yet only 4,966 were selected
The Senior Special Assistant to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, said in a release that the applicants’ official engagement was awaiting the completion of Bank Verification Number clearance
Under the next phase of the programme, candidates will be assessed in phases based on their specific chosen programmes before the final selection.
Under this phase, applicants are to log in and fill in their phone numbers and surnames as contained in their original application, using their personal profile (which has been opened for every applicant)
“We have been very impressed by the enthusiastic response to the call for applications. As at noon on Monday June 13, only 36 hours after the launch of the portal, 403,528 applicants had successfully registered on the site and were in the middle of completing the application process,” said Afolabi Imoukhede, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation