Keyamo Urges DStv, StarTimes To Offer Free 1-month Subscription During The Lockdown

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN, has urged the management of direct broadcast station, DSTV and StarTimes to put smile on the faces of Nigerians, most especially their teeming customers, by offering a free 1-month subscription as a way of alleviating their pains during these trying times.

Keyamo, whose Ministry is one of the federal government agencies, elected by President Mohammadu Buhari to oversee the Economic Sustainability Committee made this call on his Twitter handle, @fkeyamo.

He also urged major telecommunication companies in Nigeria to follow suit by making available free data and call credits to help them stay connected to their loved ones as well as supporting the fight against the novel scourge, Covid-19 ravaging the world.

According to him, “God must have allowed the terrible virus, Covid-19 to afflict the human race as a way of reminding us on the need to redirect our steps back to him.

“We have so distorted God’s Words to suit our own human weaknesses and satisfy our greed, even in supposed Holy Places,” he twitted.

The Economic Sustainability Committee led by the Vice President and which includes Ministers of Finance, Budget and Planning; Industry, Trade and Investment; Labour; Petroleum Resources – state; CBN Governor, GMD NNPC, with the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation as Secretary is to take care of the economic challenges and fallouts of the pandemic and consequential restrictions.

Besides developing further palliatives, the committee will also develop a sustainability plan on repositioning the economy and growing the non-oil sector.