Director-general of National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo has appealed to the House Committee on Employment, Labour and Productivity to assist in ensuring early completion of its national headquarters building project through adequate appropriation in the 2023 budget.
Fikpo who made the call in Abuja when the chairman of the committee, Hon Mohammad Ali Wudil visited the permanent office site in Gudu District of FCT on oversight function, said the building was capital intensive and required adequate funding.
In a statement issued by the directorate assistant director, information and public relations, Israel Adekitan, the director-general said that the funds made available for the project in the 2022 appropriation was a far cry from what is needed to do a significant work. He urged the House Committee to assist the directorate in speeding up the completion of the building.
He said, “Now that the House Committee is here on oversight function visit to assess the progress of work, it is our hope and believe that more funds will be released to complete the building, by that, much money will be saved in terms of rent payment on the hired building we presently occupy as headquarters.”
