Federal Government Condemns Practice Of Npower Consultants, Plans To Create Five Million Jobs

According to Npower, the Federal Government has provided more reasons why it decided to suspend Npower, stating that Npower had ghost Npower batch c beneficiaries, while some of Npower  consultants were currently withholding payment to Npower batch c.

According to Npower, over 1 million Nigerian youths have lost their jobs under Npower following the indefinite suspension of Npower by the Federal Government as announced by Dr. Betta Edu the minister in charge of Npower.

Npower was introduced by President Muhammadu Buhari to address youth unemployment as Npower batch c were paid N30,000 monthly payment.

According to Npower, the National Programme Manager of Npower, Akindele Egbuwalo, stated that Npower had ghost Npower batch c beneficiaries that should be eliminated.

Regarding the consultants of Npower, Akindele Egbuwalo the National Programme Manager of Npower, said, “Preliminary findings of our audit have shown that some consultants of Npower are holding on to Npower batch c beneficiaries’ funds disbursed to them long ago even when their contract ended in March 2023 without any renewal.

“We condemn this practice of the consultants of Npower and will not tolerate it going forward. Work is ongoing to identify those Npower consultants involved, understand why the payments did not get to the final Npower batch c beneficiaries, and recall the funds to pay Npower batch c owed.

“We appeal to Nigerians to understand the rationale behind the temporary suspension and investigation of Npower as we work to restore the nation’s confidence in Npower and for the new Npower under the Renewed Hope Job Creation program to serve Nigerians better. Things have to be properly done for us to move forward.”

According to Npower, Akindele Egbuwalo the National Programme Manager of Npower said the ongoing restructuring and transformation of Npower under the Renewed Hope Job Creation program would also give rise to an expanded programme to reach beneficiaries aged 18-40years of age (the previous age limit was 35 years).