N-Power: Don't Put 500, 000 Beneficiaries On Hold

A social commentator, Comrade Mustapha Kabir Soron Dinki has objected to the Nigerian government's decision to exit 500, 000 N-Power beneficiaries, AllNews reports.

Dinki, who was an N-Power beneficiary, via his known Twitter handle on Tuesday argued that "the same people you sidelined are the ones to occupy the new ones in the labour market".

Recall that Batch A beneficiaries exited the programme on June 30 after four years in the famed scheme, while their Batch B counterparts officially made their exit on July 31st - after two years.

Meanwhile, these Nigerian youths were exited from the N-Power scheme by the FG without being paid their stipends for the month of July. Plus, they are currently in the dark regarding their exit/transition package.

The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development of Nigeria is currently in the process of recruiting Batch C.

N-Power initiative

The N-Power was introduced in 2016 as part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), aimed at curbing the incessant increase of unemployment and poverty in the country.

Apart from the monthly stipends (N30, 000), some Batch A beneficiaries were given tablet computers to aid further learning. N-Power had five components, which are N-Teach, N-Tax, N-Health, N-Agro, and N-Build.

Out of the SIP components, the N-Teach subcomponent is the most popular, due to a large number of youth deployed to teach in public schools.

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