Lecturers,Staff Of Federal, State MDAs Among NPower Volunteers – Investigation

Some lecturers of tertiary institutions and workers in the federal and state ministries, departments and agencies were among the NPower beneficiaries in the federal government’s batches A and B NPower scheme,expected to end this month,Vanguard has learnt.

The NPower program intended to assist young  jobless school leavers get stipends to earn a living, was taken advantage of by some people already working in good establishments due to the country’s porous employment data system.

Those who took advantage of this situation swindled the government by benefiting in the programme either for two or three years depending on the batch they were engaged in.

The development was even as government implemented the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System,IPPIS,in a bid to checkmate some corrupt practices associated with recruitment and payment of workers in the country.

However, investigation by Vanguard revealed that while some NPower beneficiaries enrolled deliberately,given the porous employment data system in the country, some were employed after they enrolled in the scheme.

Since they got jobs after their enrollment in the scheme,they continued as NPower beneficiaries, a source told Vanguard.

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