Heritage Bank Plc is set to commence the account opening with Bank Verification Numbers for the allotted 774,000 participants of the Special Public Works programme throughout the 774 Local Government Areas across the nation.
This was made known in a statement by the bank titled ‘Heritage Bank to engage 774, 000 jobs Special Public Works programme November 1’.
The statement reads, the SPW programme will begin from November 1, 2020 with participants to be paid an allowance of 20, 000 naira only, monthly and 129 Local Government Areas had been assigned to Heritage bank Plc.
According to Heritage Bank Plc, the Special Public Work was a post COVID-19 poverty alleviation initiative approved by the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Federal Ministry of State for Labour and Employment.
The bank furthered stated that as part of the programme modalities, 6 participating banks have been authorized to open accounts for all the beneficiaries and capture their Bank Verification Number.
