I Do Not Disregard The Ninth Assembly – Festus Keyamo

The immediate past Minister of State for Labour and Employment and a ministerial nominee, Festus Keyamo has come out to apologize to the Senate over his perceived disregard for the ninth assembly.

He recently had his say while speaking to Senate committee on Labour, Employment and Productivity, Senator Godiya Akwashiki in the House of Representatives, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, he is very sorry if people feel he has shown no regard for the ninth assembly in recent times, and he hopes the leaders know he is not a politician who would do such intentionally.

He added that the corruption allegations levelled against him over the employment scheme of 774,000 Nigerians recruited for the special public works programme are very false as well.

His words, “I apologise to the Senate. I am sorry, I am sorry and I am sorry.”

“Regarding that programme, the account was handled by the World Bank. So, we, the head of the agencies, never saw one kobo. We only generated the list and the money was paid directly to the people’s account.”

“Every detail of that account was captured and kept in a file. All the records of the beneficiaries and their data are in the ministry.”