The Federal Government announced the indefinite suspension of N-Power on Saturday.
Here are some things you should know about the canceled show:
- President Muhammudu Buhari started it.
- It was founded on May 2, 2016.
- The initiative was created as part of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP).
- It is geared toward young Nigerians aged 18 to 35.
- The program was divided into three batches: A, B, and C.
- According to reports, almost 3 million youths benefited from the N-Power initiative, with one million receiving a monthly stipend of N30,000.
- N-Power is divided into six distinct categories: N-Power Agro, N-Power Build, N-Power Creative, N-Power Tech, N-Power Teach, and N-Power Health.
- Each applicant provided a Bank Verification Number (BVN).
- The application was free and was completed online.
- President Tinubu’s administration halted it indefinitely.
Platinum Times had earlier reported Betta Edu the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs has revealed the indefinite suspension of the the program.
Her statement reads,
“We must go back to look into N-Power and understand what the problems are so we will basically suspend the programe for now until we are done with proper investigation into the utilization of fund into the N-Power program.
“We want to know how many persons are basically on the program right now, how many persons are owed, amount they are owed. We are totally restructuring the N-Power and expanding it.
“There are lots going on. We met people who are supposed to have exited the program since last year and they are still on claiming that they are still teaching.
“Sometimes we contact the school or the places where they are working and they are not there. They are not working yet they keep claiming that they are being owed eight or nine months stipends.
“About 80 percent of them are not working yet they are claiming salaries”.
Platinum Times reports that N-Power Program was launched by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari to address the issue of youth unemployment and help increase social development.