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Newspaper vendors to be enrolled into N-Power scheme

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Newspaper vendors to be enrolled into N-Power scheme

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has promised that members of the Newspaper Vendors Association of Nigeria will be enrolled into the federal government’s N-Power programme.

Ngige made the promise on Friday in Abuja when he received members of the Federal Secretariat branch of the association, led by its chairman, Desmond Obiagwu.

He expressed government’s desire to encourage them in their efforts, stating that government would enroll some of their members into the N-Power programme, a platform where Nigerians access skills for development.

According to him, the vendors were also helping government through their work.

He said: “Your association has helped the labour ministry because newspaper marketing is part of information dissemination.

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“Through your activity, we get information on brewing labour unrest, and try to nip them in the bud through conciliatory meetings.”

Speaking earlier, Desmond Obiagwu, Chairman, Federal Secretariat branch of the association, had congratulated Ngige on his re-appointment, and wished him success in navigating the “tough” terrain of the labour ministry.

Obiagwu said that Ngige’s numerous achievements during his first tenure, including the approval of a new national minimum wage for workers, informed his re-appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari.

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