As the Senate condemned Keyamo, the Ogun State Chairman of Special Public Works, Senator Gbenga Obadara, in an interview with The PUNCH, said four doctoral and 200 Master’s degree holders were among applicants in the state. The programme ran into a hitch last month when the National Assembly and Keyamo disagreed over who should handle the recruitment. Reacting to the lawmakers’ complaints, Keyamo said the 30 slots given to each member of the National Assembly were just a privilege and not a right. Kano gets 44,000 slotsThe Kano State selection committee has distributed forms for 44,000 slots given to the state to politicians, in compliance with the Federal Government’s directive. The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotosho, told The PUNCH that the state was allocated 20,000 slots.

Source: Punch August 27, 2020 00:00 UTC