Federal Government To Pay 9 Months Npower Arrears To Npower Batch C From January

According to Npower, the Federal Government has announced its readiness to start the payment of nine months backlogs to Npower batch c who are on Npower starting from January.

According to Npower the main reason for the temporary suspension of Npower was to tackle all issues directly affecting Npower batch c, as a result of the temporary suspension of Npower for thorough investigation, restructuring, rebranding and forensic audit, funds had been recovered from the existing payment service providers and consultants.

According to Npower, plans have been put in place by Npower to start payment of the nine months outstanding stipends to Npower batch c from January 2024. Npower payments will be carried out in batches.

According to Npower, the Npower programme would be continued as the Renewed Hope Job Creation Programme under the supervision of Dr. Betta Edu the current minister in charge of Npower. Npower would be expanded to target 5 million beneficiaries in 5 years, where 1 million youths would be employed each year under the graduate and non-graduate stream of Npower.