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Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Min­is­ter, Khadi­jah Ameen has con­firmed that a “hefty num­ber” of Un­em­ploy­ment Re­lief Pro­gramme (URP) work­ers from its 12 re­gion­al of­fices have been ter­mi­nat­ed to­day.

Guardian Me­dia un­der­stands the af­fect­ed work­ers re­ceived their let­ters of ter­mi­na­tion this morn­ing.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia Ameen said this is part of an ef­fort to re­struc­ture URP and halt cor­rupt prac­tices which she said the in­com­ing Gov­ern­ment un­earthed.