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The Federal Government controversial Special Works Scheme has been requested to be immediately put on hold by the House of Representatives.
The National Assembly and the Federal Ministry of Labour , Employment and Productivity had clashed over the recruitment of 774 ,000 workers for the scheme .
The House at the plenary on Wednesday ,asked the Federal Ministry of Finance , Budget , and National Planning not to fund the scheme, which is billed to take off in January 2021 .
The National Assembly had appropriated N 52 bn for the exercise in the 2020 Appropriation Act . It was to begin in November .
The House also faulted the removal of the Director -General of the National Directorate of Employment , Dr Nasiru Argungu , who had backed the parliament in the controversy .
The House implored the President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd .) , to reverse himself on the dismissal of Argungu .
On the presidency’s order, the Minister of State , Labour and Employment , Festus Keyamo , had since appointed Argungu ’s replacement .
Fatimah Oyesanmi
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