NPower Stipends: More Delay as Sadiya Umar Farouq Fails to Address Disengaged NPower Volunteers

There is likely more delay in paying disengaged NPower volunteers their months of owed stipends as Sadiya Umar Farouq refused to address the matter yesterday.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development appeared before the media to give an update on the numbers of applications received as NPowwr Batch C registration comes to an end.

“No fewer than 5 million candidates have applied for the N-Power programme”-She said.

The Minister, Sadiya Umar Farouq, made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday by her Special Assistant on Strategic Communication, Mrs Halima Oyelade.

In the same vein, the manager of the NPower programme would have issued official notice as to the delay of the stipends but failed to do so.

Disengaged NPower volunteers are hoping to get their march to july stipends, but all plea fall on deaf ears.

Lately, the Osun state disengaged NPower volunteers were begged to resume schools and prepare outgoing classes, but the financial implication was not stated.

Apparently, NPower volunteers who are disengaged are pleading with the authorities to reverse the plan and pay all outstanding stipends, as the covid-19 pandemic is being felt by the unemployed NPower volunteers.