The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has given the latest on the federal government 500, 000 jobs.
Lai Mohammed said the government has commenced shortlisting candidates for the jobs as promised.
He disclosed this on Tuesday, in Abuja when a delegation of the National Council for Women’s Societies (NCWS) paid him a courtesy visit in his office.
Mohammed said that applications were being received and government had started processing them for the recruitment.
“The process for the recruitment has started. About 1.2 million people applied and they classified them into categories including agriculture support officers, teachers, technical officers and so on,’’ he said.
The minister also said that the payment of N5, 000 conditional cash transfer promised by the government would begin before the end of the month.
Lai Mohammed said the government has commenced shortlisting candidates for the jobs as promised.
He disclosed this on Tuesday, in Abuja when a delegation of the National Council for Women’s Societies (NCWS) paid him a courtesy visit in his office.
Mohammed said that applications were being received and government had started processing them for the recruitment.
“The process for the recruitment has started. About 1.2 million people applied and they classified them into categories including agriculture support officers, teachers, technical officers and so on,’’ he said.
The minister also said that the payment of N5, 000 conditional cash transfer promised by the government would begin before the end of the month.