Estimated Reading Time: 2The federal government says all backlog payments of N-power beneficiaries have been cleared. Sadiya Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management, and social development, said this during a workshop organised by her ministry on effective media reporting in Abuja on Thursday. President Muhammadu Buhari in his message[Read More…]
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Presidency says N-Power beneficiaries can now get permanent jobs
Estimated Reading Time: 2N-Power beneficiaries who have concluded the two-year job programme will now be able to access permanent job opportunities or business prospects in line with the N-power exit strategy, the Nigerian presidency has announced. “Under the plan, 200,000 beneficiaries will be engaged as financial services operators under a[Read More…]
Minister says N-Power beneficiaries must show bank statements from March 2020, other documents for verification
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Hajiya Sadiya-Umar Farouq has directed Batches A and B beneficiaries of the N-Power programme, who were earlier omitted from payment of their stipends, to report to their various state Focal Persons for verification and re-validation. In a[Read More…]
N-POWER Is not solving Nigeria’s unemployment problem
Estimated Reading Time: 4By: Odewale Abayomi The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), on Friday, August 14, 2020, released the statistics on unemployment for the second quarter (Q2) of 2020 after a long hiatus since the third quarter (Q3) of 2018. The percentage of unemployed people stands at 27.1%. The last[Read More…]
Over 5 million people applied for N-Power Batch C – Sadiya Umar Farouq
Estimated Reading Time: 1 The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development has announced that registration of Batch C of N-Power has closed The registration which commenced on the 26th of June 2020 was initially scheduled to end on the 26th of July but the Ministry extended the[Read More…]
Federal Government extends N-Power online registration by two weeks
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Federal Government has extended the N-POWER Batch C online application by two weeks. The online application process, which began on Friday, June 26, was to have ended Sunday, July 26, 2020. A statement by Deputy Director, information of the Ministry, Mrs Rhoda Ishaku Iliya said extension[Read More…]
Government responds to N-Power protesters, says it cannot afford exit grant
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has responded to the N-Power batches A and B beneficiaries who on Friday protested their disengagement from the scheme in a rally at the National Assembly which later proceeded to the Federal Secretariat Complex in Abuja. They[Read More…]
People living with disabilities will be priotised in N-Power – FG
Estimated Reading Time: 1People Living with Disability have been encouraged to participate fully in the ongoing N-power registration exercise as priority will be accorded to them. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Hajiya Sadiya Umar- Farouq gave the advice at the distribution of palliatives to over[Read More…]
No plan to engage N-Power beneficiaries into Civil Service – Minister
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, says the Federal Government has no plan at the moment to absorb beneficiaries of the N-Power Programme into the Federal Civil Service. Farouq, in a statement by the Deputy Director in the Ministry, Mrs[Read More…]
N-Power Beneficiaries Say They Have Not Received April Payment, Dispute Minister’s Claims
Estimated Reading Time: 2Contrary to statements by the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Emergency and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, several N-Power beneficiaries have said they have not received their April stipends. Ms Farouq had on Saturday announced the payment of April stipends to N-Power beneficiaries and further hinted at plans to[Read More…]
