REVEAL3D! What Npower Beneficiaries will get from FG
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Oct 26, 2020
AFNEWS reports that Sadiya Farouq, the minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development in a statement on Thursday in Abuja by her Special Assistant on Media, Mrs Nneka Anibeze, said exited Batch A and B Npower beneficiaries should exercise more patience and await the result of her efforts as discussions are ongoing to ensure that exited and eligible N-Power beneficiaries are absorbed into government programmes.
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The statement reads as thus; We have directed Focal Persons of National Social Investment Programmes in the states to submit an updated list of the exited N-Power beneficiaries that are interested in participating in the transition plans of the ministry.
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"Meanwhile, approval has been given for the payment of the outstanding stipends for the exited N-Power Batches A and B beneficiaries.
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"The approval for payments for up to the month of June, 2020 for the two Batches has already been forwarded to the office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) for final checks and payments.
"The only outstanding approval waiting to be forwarded to AGF's Office is for the payment of July Stipends for batch B beneficiaries," she said.
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The ministry added that it had requested for the details of those affected and the reasons for their rejection from the AGF╩╝s office and promised to communicate that to the affected beneficiaries.
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"However, if the rejection was done in error, those affected should rest assured that they will be paid all that is due to them as soon as the error is rectified by the AGF╩╝s office," the statement added.
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The Minister also explained that the Batches A and B N-Power beneficiaries knew from the beginning as they were informed that the programme was for 24 months.
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Farouq said the non-disengagement of Batch A beneficiaries after 24 months was done out of exigencies of the time.
The minister stated that exiting Batches A and B after 40 and 24 months respectively was in line with the conditions stipulated at the time of their enrolment.
Meanwhile, N-Power programme is designed to assist young Nigerians between the ages of 18 to 35 to acquire and develop life-long skills and are given a stipend of N30,000 monthly.
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— Thompson Nsisongabasi