It was a stormy session in the Senate in Tuesday as the Senate joint committee on labour and productivity engaged the Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Festus Keyamo over the 774,000 National Directorate of Employment (NDE) recruitment exercise.
While the Minister insisted on an open deliberation on the issues raised about the processes for the 20-member committee in each local government areas and modus of the recruitment exercise the lawmakers pushed for a closed-door session.
Keyamo’s insistence led to a shouting match between both sides ending with the lawmakers ordering him to leave the hearing.
As journalists followed Keyamo for an interview, the door was shut at them
Details later…
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