Nigerians hit it so hard on the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, as he was seen distributing cutlasses and wheelbarrows to jobless youths in Delta State during the launch of the 774,000 jobs in the state last week.

One of the dailies had reported that Keyamo had empowered youths with cutlasses and wheelbarrows as part of the jobs they were meant to do in a 21st century.

Keyamo has come out to criticise the story, saying that the tools were not empowerment, and belonged to government.

He said the empowerment is the total of N60,000 the labourers would be paid for the work in three months.

“The 774,000 jobs is basically for our everyday labourers to carry out community services. It would not be financially prudent if government were to spend billions for expensive equipment for 3-month jobs, then spend millions again training our labourers on how to use these equipment,” he said.

Despite the explanations, many people descended heavily on Keyamo over the 774,000 jobs.

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