774,000 jobs’ll boost Nigeria’s economy –Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Saturday, said the Special Public Works Programme will boost the Nigerian economy. He stated this today while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ monitored by The PUNCH . Mohammed also said Nigeria did not exit recession by accident, adding that the policies of the government were responsible for the development. “We did not exit recession by accident, it was because of the hard work and the planning of the government,” the minister said. Speaking on some of the policies of the government which made the exit possible, Mohammed said, “What we did was that we pumped money into the system, we did so by creating jobs, we did so through three major programmes: the first is the 1,000 jobs of public works that was given to each local governments and we have 774 local governments, When you have 774 young men working on public works, on roads, it goes a lot to boost your economy. “There is what we call survival fun...