Get a job? Most welfare recipients already have one

Most welfare recipients already have jobs


Get a job? Most welfare recipients already have one


So it’s poor-paying positions, not unemployment, that strain the system, a new study shows.  

 

That’s one key finding from a study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, that showed the majority of households receiving government assistance are headed by a working adult.

The study found that 56% of federal and state dollars spent between 2009 and 2011 on welfare programs — including Medicaid, food stamps and the Earned Income Tax Credit — flowed to working families and individuals with jobs. In some industries, about half the workforce relies on welfare

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Buhari to move against pension for ex-governors

President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), is to lead a campaign to repeal the pension laws for governors enacted by many states of the federation, Chat212 has learnt.

The proposal by the incoming president is based on what sources close to him affirm as the incongruity of the laws under the country’s socio-economic environment and also, as a way of demonstrating moral leadership from the top.

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Vacancy: Port Engineer Needed At Rivers CS Offshore State

Employing Company: CS Offshore Integrated Services Limited

Job Title: Port Engineer

Location: Rivers

Nationality: Locals- Nigerians

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Jobs in Rivers State for a Store Officer at CS Offshore Integrated Services Limited

Employing Company: CS Offshore Integrated Services Limited

Job Title: Store Officer
Location: Rivers

 CS Offshore Integrated Services Limited, a leading Ship Management Company with their head office in Middle East, is looking for ideal candidates to fill the vacant position in their Head office:

The Requirements

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SHOCKING News: Budget of the Federation Stolen - Ngozi Iweala, Diezani Alison-Madueke(NNPC) and President Jonathan to be Account for

SHOCKING News:Budget of the Federation Stolen - Ngozi Iweala, Diezani Alison-Madueke(NNPC) and President Jonathan to be Account for
SHOCKING News: Diezani Alison-Madueke “Stole” N1.3 Trillion Oil Subsidy Payments From Central Bank || Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Jonathan May NOT….


Diezani Denies Allegation That NNPC Received N1.3 Trillion From CBN Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) and Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Allocation CommissionHouse of Representatives on Subsidy RegimeMrs. Diezani Alison MaduekeOffice of the Accountant General of the FederationPetroleum Resources Ministerthe Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) received N1.329 trillion


Petroleum Resources Minister, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, in Abuja, on Tuesday, denied that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) received N1.329 trillion as subsidy payments over three years (2009 to 2011) from the Central Bank of Nigeria as alleged by the ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives on Subsidy Regime.

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Nigeria First Female Governor of APC may emerge Winner in Taraba

First female Gov may emerge as APC takes lead in Taraba

Sen. Aisha Al-Hassan (center), the All Progressives Congress candidate of Nigeria's Taraba state, attends a gathering in the local government area of Ussa on Jan. 21, 2015.

Many Nigerians thought voters in Taraba state would make history by electing the nation's first female governor. But Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan, known as "Mama Taraba" by her supporters, lost to her main challenger, Darius Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Premium Times in Nigeria said Tuesday.

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