Nigeria, July 7 -- The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has apologised to the National Assembly joint committee on labour following a clash between lawmakers and Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment.

The two sides were involved in a war of words last week over the planned employment of 774,000 Nigerians by the government.

This happened at a meeting aimed at discussing the progress of the planned employment.

Speaking at a meeting with Mr Lawan at the National Assembly on Tuesday, Mr Ngige said he regretted what happened last week.

"We regret what has happened.we apologise on behalf of the ministry.

".I hope that you can forgive and forget and move forward.," he said.

Mr Ngige also noted that M...