Hundreds of thousands of graduates benefiting from the federal government's N30,000 monthly N-Power scheme will be disengaged in the next two months, an official has said.
scheme will be disengaged in the next two months, an official has said.
The ministry also disclosed that the disengagement of both batches would follow a fresh enrollment for a new Batch C volunteers which will be effective from July 26. “The federal government is committed to the continuation and expansion and as such will now begin enrolment and onboarding of a new Batch of beneficiaries. Skills acquisition for entrepreneurship and job creation are critical for an economy that will require a boost post-Covid-19 and we are gearing up proactively for the challenge.”
“Once applications are submitted, the ministry will review submissions and publish a list of successful applicants,” Ms Iliya said. The N-Power programme was inaugurated by President Buhari in 2016 with thousands of direct beneficiaries spread across the key industries targeted by the programme – Agriculture, Health, Education, and Tax.
There had been controversies between humanitarian minister Sadiya Farouq and President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Social Investment, Maryam Uwais, about the exit package for the Batch A volunteers as each traded blame on who was responsible for the delay in disengaging the beneficiaries.
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