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Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has backed the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo against the National Assembly (NASS).
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Keyamo has been embroiled in altercations with the NASS over the 774, 000 Special Public Works of the Federal Government.
Governor El-Rufai believes that Keyamo “is a dedicated patriot” and “a good man whose directions, decisions and actions are guided by public interest and concern for the voiceless”.
Minister Festus Keyamo @fkeyamo is a dedicated patriot. A good man whose directions, decisions & actions are guided by public interest & concern for the voiceless. That is why PMB loves him like a son! Remain steadfast my brother. – @elrufai https://t.co/QbbWlxYqYq
— Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai (@elrufai) July 12, 2020
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Recall that the Senate Committee on Labour had in a meeting with the Senate President Ahmad Lawan and the Ministers of Labour declared that the earlier proposal on implementation of the project presented by Keyamo was null and void.
However, Keyamo argued that the Constitution empowers his office to supervise the execution of the Special Public Works Programme of the Federal Government.
He further stated that the directive by the National Assembly as to the execution of the project was not binding on him.
“This is a great Constitutional issue that will go to the Attorney-General at the end of the day for interpretation.
“Just like I said, if the Presidency says I should step aside and allow them hijack the process, because the game as you have seen today is simply that they are conniving with certain functionaries of government to design the programme and hijack it against the wishes of Nigerians, then that is it.
“That is what I have been against, and I will continue to stand by that. They are very distinguished members, but the law is the law, and our Constitution is the Constitution,” Keyamo stated in an interview.