A few members of the Federal Government’s Extended Special Public Works Program have not been paid their payment because of abnormalities in their ledgers, among different hiccups.
Of the 639, 947 members enlisted for the program, just 394, 433 have been paid as of June 18, it was adapted yesterday.
The public authority said it has paid N7.888.660billion as a month’s allowance to the 394,433 members.
As indicated by a report got last evening, just 463,742 members were checked.
On Monday, authorities from the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), taking part banks and the clergyman’s office met to survey the advancement so far made in the execution of the program
The meeting distinguished the issues related with the program, incorporating deficiencies recorded in enlistment, confirmation and installments; non-regularization of enrollment; erroneous or conflicting Bank Verification Numbers (BVNs); powerlessness to utilize the web; and the need to keep away from wide-scale misrepresentation.
A few members said they were awkward with the installment framework.
It was assembled that a portion of the bothered members have fought to the administration over the postponement in installment.
A member said: “Tragically a few of us have finished the obligatory three months yet we have not been paid. Some have recently gotten the N20, 000 payments for only one month.
“I think the goal of the Public Works Program has been crushed. It is simply pitiful that the installment for this temporary occupation isn’t in effect all around dealt with.”
The Minister of State for Labor and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo (SAN), told The Nation last night: “Every one of the members will get their payments, we are attempting to forestall extortion in installment.
“Additionally, a few members have not finished their program. Nobody will be scammed.”
The SPW is an impromptu program planned by the Federal Government to give band-aid three-month occupations to basically craftsmans to procure N20, 000 month to month doing public works.
1,000 young people were to be employed from every one of the 774 neighborhood government regions, carrying the figure to 774,000.
About N52 billion was reserved for the program expected to keep going for 90 days, with the monies utilized for the acquisition of gear, installment of pay rates and other coordinations.
Be that as it may, just N26 billion has been delivered for the program.
After the gathering, a goal was endorsed by three agents from the Office of the Minister, three from NDE and seven from the shortlisted banks.
In an archive shared by Keyamo, 463, 742 of the 639, 947 enlisted members have so far been confirmed and are prepared for installment by their different banks.
Loyalty Bank has paid 92, 394 members of the 104, 596 that enrolled with the bank.
UBA has paid 73, 531 members of the 100, 800 that enrolled with the bank; Heritage Bank has paid 61, 800 members of the 102, 800 that enlisted with it.
Peak Bank has paid 58, 732 members of the 92, 700 that enrolled with it; Access Bank has paid 58, 638 members of the 105, 000 in its record; FCMB has paid 32, 696 members of the 118, 209 that enlisted with the bank.
Yobe Microfinance Bank has paid 16, 642 members of the 16, 642 that enlisted with it.
Those present at the gathering were Olua Davidson, Faniyi Fatogun and Christopher Omoaghe (delegates of the pastor); Olaomi Roseline Silvia, Dauda Idris and Samaila B Mamman (NDE) and agents of the banks.
Toward the finish of the gathering, all gatherings asserted that they will proceed with the thorough cycle of enrolling and confirming every one of the members before installments to keep away from wide-scale extortion in the program.
The gathering additionally concurred that the individuals who have effectively been chosen for the ESPW program and have issues should move toward their different banks to regularize their enlistment.
The goal peruses: “All gatherings insist that they will proceed with the thorough cycle of enrolling and checking every one of the members before installments to stay away from wide-scale misrepresentation in the program.
“The banks will proceed with the job of enrolling and confirming the members from their nearby offices in various LGAs to guarantee that the majority of the members are occupant in those LGAs to accomplish the point and plan of the program of engaging 1,000 Nigerians in each of the 774 LGAs in Nigeria.
“The gathering concurred that the individuals who have effectively been chosen for the ESPW program and have issues should move toward their different banks to regularize their enrollment. The Bank offices are coordinated to go to all members appropriately chose utilizing https://banks.specialpublicworks.gov.ng. Under no circumstances should they be turned around.
“The individuals who have been properly caught by the banks however with inaccurate or conflicting BVNs are encouraged to return to their banks to correct the irregularities. A connection will be given on the ESPW and NDE sites (www.specialpublicworks.gov.ng and www.nde.gov.ng) for members to check their BVN status.
“For the individuals who can’t utilize the web they ought to go to the State NDE workplaces, Liaison Officers of the NDE in their different LGAs or approach the Chairman of their State Selection Committee to benefit them the rundown of those with issues with their BVNs.
“For the individuals who don’t have issues with their BVNs however have not gotten installments, they ought to go to the banks that enlisted them to explain the issues.
“The banks are commanded to give ATM cards to all members. Members are thusly urged to gather their ATM cards from the banks so they can get to their installments from different money focuses without fundamentally going to the banks.
“Members are guaranteed that their allowances would be paid when all issues are settled.
“The gathering concurred that banks are not, at this point confined to their at first allocated Local Governments.
“Thus, chosen members are at freedom to move toward any of the seven chose banks closest to the Local Government where they were chosen. The Banks are in particular Access, FCMB, Fidelity, Heritage, UBA, Yobe MFB and Zenith.
“Up until now, the NDE has approved the installments of one-month allowances to every one of those that have been checked. As displayed over, all gatherings are putting forth exhausting attempts to determine issues of those yet to get the main month payments before the beginning of the second tranche of installments.”