{"id":28846,"date":"2020-08-18T12:33:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T12:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=28846"},"modified":"2020-08-18T12:33:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T12:33:36","slug":"apc-led-godfathers-have-hijacked-program-pdp-cries-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/apc-led-godfathers-have-hijacked-program-pdp-cries-out","title":{"rendered":"APC-led godfathers have hijacked program \u2013 PDP cries out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged hijack of the 774, 000 jobs under the federal government\u2019s Special Works Programme, SPW, by godfathers.<\/p>\n<p>PDP alleged that political godfathers in the All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government have taken over the allocation of 774,000 jobs to those associated with political office holders instead of all Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by PDP\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan described the method of allocation adopted by the APC administration as \u201cillegal and anti-people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ologbondiyan stressed that the process was an injustice to unemployed Nigerians who have no godfathers or affiliated to any political party.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ologbondiyan: \u201cWhile our party is not against the creation of job opportunities to Nigerians, we reject this crafty political allocation, which is a direct exclusion of hardworking Nigerians from opportunities that should have been open to them under an open and transparent process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PDP rejects a situation where, in each local government area, 800 slots of the 1000 jobs have already been pencilled off to political cronies while the remaining 200 openings are thrown open for contest to the public, which also include politically affiliated persons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch brash violation of the principle of fairness and equal opportunity by the APC and its administration, is a direct invitation to restiveness and acrimony in the country and as such, should be immediately rescinded in the national interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged hijack of the 774, 000 jobs under the federal government\u2019s Special Works Programme, SPW, by godfathers. 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