FG Jobs: 20,000 Individuals To Receive N60,000 Stipend Monthly In Bauchi
The Chairman of Bauchi state Selection Committee on Federal government 774,000 jobs, Mr Sanusi Kunde, has said that 20,000 persons would be recruited across the 20 LGAs of the state and would be paid a stipend of N20,000 for a period of three months.
Kunde who made the disclosure in Bauchi yesterday during the inaugural meeting of the Committee, said that 1,000 persons would be recruited in each of the 20 LGAs of the state.
He disclose that the committee was required to include 200 literate persons in every LGA that would be used to carry out nationwide surveys during the period of engagement.
“This programme as graciously approved by President Muhammadu Buhari is aimed at recruiting one thousand (1000) itinerant and unskilled workers each in all the 20 LGAs of the state.
“In total, we shall be recruiting 20,000 persons for this programme and based on the requests the Ministry of Labour received from other government agencies, we are required to include 200 literate persons.
“By extension, we are going to have 800 of unskilled labour, then we’ll fill it up with 200 literate persons. You are aware that almost all of us have graduates who are not working and this will help a lot.
“These recruits would be engaged by the federal government between October and December this year to carry out public works that are peculiar to each LGA and they would be paid a total of N60,000 each, that is N20,000 per month” he said.
The Chairman further said that the recruits would be engaged in roads maintenance and social housing construction projects, Urban and rural sanitation, health extension and other critical services as required by each of the LGAs.
He explained that 40 persons each from all the LGAs had been reserved for the state governor, Bala Mohammed.
