The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has rejected
the 30 job slots allotted to each member of the House for
their respective local government areas within their
constituencies, in the Federal Government’s 774,000
public jobs scheme.
The Minority Leader of the House, Mr Ndudi Elumelu, in a
statement described the allotment of 30 out of the 1000 slots per
local government, as grossly unfair and unacceptable by Nigerians
and the lawmakers, who are the true representatives of the
people
The caucus demanded for more transparency and a review of the
criteria being used for the allotment, which is alleged to favour
certain interests in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at
the detriment and disadvantage of majority of other Nigerians.
The minority leader, who also represents Aniocha North/Aniocha
South and Oshimili North and South Federal Constituency of Delta
state, insisted that “the 30 person’s allotment to be supervised by
a member in each of the local government areas cannot by any
criteria, said to be a true representation of the people they are
mandated to represent.”
Mr Elumelu stressed that the 774,000 jobs are meant for the
people and that the people look up to the lawmakers as major
channels through which they are reached for social and economic
empowerment, a situation, which makes the 30 person, out of the
1000 per local government, grossly inadequate.
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“The 30 persons allotment per local government for lawmakers is
grossly unfair, inadequate and unacceptable to Nigerians. As the
representatives of the people, we are closer to them and they
directly interact with us, irrespective of religion, class and
political affiliations.
“All Nigerians living in our constituencies are our
constituents, irrespective of political leanings. We have a
responsibility to protect their interests at all times. As such
lawmakers ought to have been carried along on the allotment.
The lawmakers therefore demanded for more transparency and
consultation in the implementation of the 774,000 public works
jobs.
The caucus charged President Muhamamdu Buhari to immediately
order a review of the implementation process to ensure that the
targeted citizens benefited from the program as intended.
IBRAHIM SHEHU
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