Keyamo Too Small To Cause Misunderstanding Between NASS, Executive- Senate
The ongoing crisis between the Senators, members of the House of Representatives and the Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Festus Keyamo over the National Directorate of Employment planned employment of 774, 000Nigerians in the Special Public Works Programme 2020, on Monday, took a new twist as the National Assembly said that Keyamo is too small an officer to cause misunderstanding between it and President Muhammadu Buhari.
President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan who took a swipe at the Minister of State, Labour and Productivity said that only one person determines the Executive and that is the President of the country and that Keyamo is quite insignificant in the Executive to cause any quagmire, just as he President Muhammadu Buhari who represents the executive arm of government the National Assembly is on the same page with, on various development-driven national projects.
Lawan who was responding to a question Monday in Abuja during an interactive session with journalists said that the N52billion appropriated project, must be implemented by the National Directorate of Employment ( NDE), as contained in the N10.8trillion revised 2020 budget.
The President of the Senate said that the Senate stands on its position and insisting that the Special Public Works Programne that has to do with the recruitment of 774, 000 youths across the 774 local government councils in the country, remained suspended until detailed explanations on modalities for its implementation are gotten from the Executive.
