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N5,000 monthly handout to start in 2016 – Minister
The Minister of Youths and Sports, Barrister Solomon Darlong, Wednesday, said the Federal Government would commence the payment of the N5,000 monthly stipend to unemployed Nigerians from the beginning of 2016.
The minister, who stated this when he visited the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC, explained that the payment is being delayed because of the need to capture it in the nation’s budget, adding that it would be captured in the 2016 budget.
Darlong, while speaking with journalists, said the APC-led government will fulfill all its campaign promises.
“I want the youths to understand that every promise must be backed up by budgetary provision and our promise to pay N5,000 is not contained in the 2015 budget. So, definitely, it is going to begin in 2016 as we have made budgetary allocations for that.
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“We are committed to the campaign promises of creating jobs, providing wealth creation and combat poverty. We have embedded in our manifesto things that we are translating to reality.
“Some of the youth empowerment programmes that are ongoing, we are busy reviewing them to ensure that they are more viable and people oriented. We are also looking at the possibility of realigning some of them to our vision so that in the final analysis, it will add value to the people.”
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