774,000 JOBS: MURIC DEMANDS TRANSPARENCY
The Federal Government (FG) flagged off one of its job creation projects for the employment of 774,000 Nigerians in all the 774 local governments in the country on Wednesday, 6 th January, 2021. Already, Delta State has received the sum of N1.59 billion for beneficiaries in the state. Meanwhile the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has demanded transparency in the implementation of the project. The human rights group spoke through its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Saturday, 9 th January, 2021 via a statement circulated to pressmen. “We warmly welcome the flagging off of the pilot Special Public Works Programme which is domiciled in the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) for implementation. We have no doubt that the project will pull out thousands of Nigerian youths from the streets and reduce crime. “MURIC commends the Federal Government (FG) for resuscitating this age-long initiative of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). We see the project a