Npower News Sunday June 16th 2024

According to Npower News Sunday June 16th 2024 there is an unconfirmed and unverified news regarding Npower payment from a tweet on x which says "The much awaited payments to NPOWER volunteers is finally coming." While we continue to monitor the situation regarding Npower payment to Npower batch c beneficiaries, Npower batch c beneficiaries have given the Federal Government of Nigeria up till this week to lift the suspension of Npower and commence Npower payment to beneficiaries of Npower batch c.

Recall that in previous publications the National Coordinator of Npower have said that Npower payment will start in June although the month of June has not ended yet but beneficiaries of Npower batch c have said that the waiting game is over and are giving the Presidency up till this week to listen to their request for Npower payment to be made otherwise a massive demonstration will take place in Abuja and other states in Nigeria. Beneficiaries of Npower are being owed for 12 months and some beneficiaries of Npower batch c are being owed for 9 months, under the graduate and non graduate categories of Npower. A beneficiary of Npower, (name withheld) claimed that he is yet to receive a dime since he started the Npower program two years ago, another beneficiary of Npower also said that he has only received just one month payment out of 12 months and his place of primary assignment is extremely far from his residence and he spends a lot on transportation. Betta Edu the ex-Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation only made one month payment and after that she was removed as the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation and since then beneficiaries of Npower batch c have been left in the dark.

Beneficiaries of Npower are calling on relevant stakeholders in the Ministry for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to promptly look into their situation and ensure that the suspension of Npower is lifted so that they can start receiving their Npower payment especially in this period of economic hardship in the country.