Npower: Permanent Secretary Of The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Holds Second Management Meeting On Npower

According to Npower, the Permanent Secretary, of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Abel O. Enitan, and Directors of the Ministry in charge of Npower hold second management meeting on Wednesday 17th January, 2024, in the conference room of the Permanent Secretary, Federal Secretariat, Abuja to discuss about Npower and other National Social Investment Programme.

Recall that the ex-minister in charge of Npower Dr Betta Edu had earlier said that Npower will be rebranded and restructured to meet its objectives of alleviating poverty in the next five to ten years in Nigeria, the ex-minister also said that the new Npower under the renewed hope job creation will be launched this month, but all this was cut short when the ex-minister was involved in a scandal for misappropriation of funds.

According to Npower, the new Npower program will be launched in six weeks time after all investigations must have been completed and after Npower payment has been paid to Npower batch c, Npower has been suspended for now and will reopen in roughly five weeks from now.

Few days ago President Bola Ahmed Tinubu suspended Npower due to misappropriation of huge sum of funds in the ministry in charge of Npower, the ministry for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, a ministry that was established to eradicate poverty.

According to Npower, some Npower batch c especially from Npower batch c stream 1 have claimed that even the one month stipend being paid out of 9 Months they did not receive a dime, same goes with Npower batch c stream 2 beneficiaries, a lot of Npower batch c are being owed 12months, 9 months, 3 months and some Npower batch c are being owed 1 month.

Npower batch c has pleaded with the President to effect their Npower payment but it seems that the Federal Government has turned a deaf ear to the predicaments of Npower batch c beneficiaries, as a result of this Npower batch c beneficiaries nationwide are planning to embark on a nationwide demonstration so that their voices can be heard.