#Npower informational guide: All you need to know before you apply (Application not opened yet)

Introduction:................................................................
Background and Policy Context:.................................
Goals:...........................................................................
Two Categories of N-Power:........................................
Important Notice on 2017 Application:........................
N-Power Volunteer Corps:...........................................
N-Power Teach:...........................................................
N-Power Teach (STEM):..............................................
N-Power Health:..........................................................
N-Power Agro:............................................................
N-Power VAIDS:..........................................................

What is N-Power?
N-Power is a job creation and empowerment pro￾gramme of the National Social Investment Programme  of the Federal Government of Nigeria. The N-Power
programme is for young Nigerians between the ages
of 18 and 35.
In 2016, through N-Power, the Federal Government en￾gaged and deployed 200,000 young Nigerians in pub￾lic primary schools, primary healthcare centres and in
agriculture development project centres in all the Lo￾cal Government Areas in Nigeria. This has been the  largest post-tertiary engagement of human resources
in Africa. This year, the N-Power Volunteer Corps is
enlisting 300,000 more volunteers to bring the number
to the promised 500,000 N-Power Volunteers.


Background and Policy Context
Nigeria has the benefit of a young population that
can catalyse a productive economy. Although cur￾rent youth unemployment realities appear arduous,  the scale presentsan underlying opportunity. Tapping
Nigeria’s youthful demographic edge through large￾scale and appropriate skills development improves the prospects of economic growth and social inclu￾sion. Large-scale skills development,an imminent social and economic imperative, lies at the heart of
the Federal Government’s 2017-2020 development
plan- the Nigeria Economic Recovery and Growth
Plan (NERGP). The NERGP identifies and prioritises
thelarge-scaledevelopment of relevant skills for young
citizens as a key driver of job creation and economic
growth. By this investment through the National Social
Investment Programme (NSIP), the Federal Govern￾ment is playing a crucial role in bolstering the human  capital of the nation’s workforce.

The Federal Government’s aggressive investment in
youth development also targets some of the perennial
inadequacies in public services- low teacher to pupil
ratio in public primary schools; high rate of preventable
diseases; lack of science and knowledge to bolster
agriculture production; and a lack of enough taxable
persons within the tax net. In introducing N-Power,
the Federal Government provides a structure not only
for large scale and relevant work skills acquisition and
development; but also utilising a large volunteer work￾force to fix some of the problems in public services  and stimulating the larger economy.
In addition, N-Power is also a tool for diversifying the
economy. Particularly, N-Power Agro provides not
only the means to apply knowledge and science to our
farming practices, but also to gather data for effective
planning. With the Non-Graduate category (N-Power
Knowledge and N-Power Build), young Nigerians are
trained to build a knowledge economy equipped with
world-class skills and certification to become relevant
in the domestic and global markets. N-Power also fo￾cuses on providing our non-graduates with relevant technical and business skills that enhance their work
outlook and livelihood.


Goals
Two Categories Of N-Power
• To intervene and directly improve the
livelihood of a critical mass of young
unemployed Nigerians.
• To develop a qualitative system for the
transfer of employability, entrepreneurial and
technical skills.
• To create an ecosystem of solutions for ailing
public services and government
diversification policies.
• To develop and enhance Nigeria’s knowledge
economy.
1. Graduate Category-
• N-Power Volunteer Corps
2. Non-Graduate Category
• N-Power Knowledge
• N-Power Build
Important Notice on 2017 Application
At this time, the June 2017 Application is not open to
the Non-Graduate Category, which comprises N-Pow￾er Knowledge and N-Power Build. The selection of successful beneficiaries in the Non-Graduate Catego￾ry from the 2016 Application is underway. The training and engagement of all successful non-graduate bene￾ficiaries will soon commence in batches.

N-Power Volunteer Corps
The N-Power Volunteer Corps is the post-tertiary en￾gagement initiative for Nigerians between 18 and 35. It is a paid volunteering programme of a 2-year duration.
The graduates will undertake their primary tasks in  identified public services within their proximate com￾munities.
All N-Power Volunteers are entitled to computing de￾vices that will contain information necessary for their
specific engagement, as well as information for their
continuous training and development.
In 2016, the Federal Government engaged 200,000
N-Power Volunteers. In 2017, the Federal Government
is enlisting 300,000 more.The June 2017 Application
is only open to the Graduate Category- the N-Power
Volunteer Corps.
N-Power volunteers will provide teaching, instruction￾al, and advisory solutions in 4 key areas.
1. N-Power Teach
N-Power Teach Volunteers will help improve basic
education delivery in Nigeria. N-Power Teach Volun￾teers will be deployed as teacher assistants in primary schools around Nigeria. They will not replace the cur￾rent teachers, but will work as support teachers across Nigeria, assisting with teaching, school management and other functions within the schools. Where possi￾ble, they will also assist in taking basic education to children in marginalised communities.

Selection Preference
N-Power Teach is open to all graduates. However,
graduates that have majored in education (either at
NCE or B.SC level) are encouraged to apply.
1a. N-Power Teach (STEM)
N-Power Teach (STEM) is a component of the N-Pow￾er Teach programme. Through this programme, young graduates with the skills and interest in computer pro￾gramming and other related fields will assist in the im￾plementation of the Federal Government’s STEM Pro￾gramme for primary and secondary schools.

Discipline Requirements
Post-tertiary qualification in any of the following
courses
• Computer Science
• Computer Engineering
• Applied Mathematics
• Information Systems or similar courses
Preferred Skills/Experiences
• Computer Programming
• Computer Graphics Design
• Computer Generated Images Development
• Animation
• Server Administration
• Database Management
• Networking
2. N-Power Health
N-Power Health Volunteers will help improve and pro￾mote preventive healthcare in their communities to
vulnerable members of the society including pregnant
women and children and to families and individuals.
Selection Preference
A. DISCIPLINE REQUIREMENTS
Post-tertiary qualification in any of the following
courses
1. Community Health Extension (JCHEW & SCHEW)
2. Nursing
3. Midwifery
4. Medical Laboratory Technology
5. Pharmacy Technology
6. Medical Records
7. Health Education
8. Environmental Health Technology
9. Microbiology
10. Biochemistry
11. Biology
12. Agricultural Science and other allied disciplines.
B. QUALIFICATIONS
Post-tertiary qualification in any of the following
courses
1. JCHEW
2. SCHEW

4. N-Power VAIDS
The Voluntary Asset and Income Declaration Scheme
(VAIDS) seeks to encourage non-compliant and par￾tially compliant taxpayers to voluntarily declare their  correct income and assets and pay the appropriate
tax due to the government.
A minimum of 3,700 N-Power VAIDS volunteers will be
selected to assist in attaining the objectives of VAIDS,
working with the Federal Ministry of Finance and the
Joint Tax Board.
The N-Power VAIDS volunteers will function as com￾munity tax liaison officers and will have the following key responsibilities which will include tax promotion,
document review, record keeping, answering on￾line inquiries, customer management, report writing, amongst others.

3. N-Power Agro
N-Power Agro Volunteers will provide advisory ser￾vices to farmers across the country. They will dissem￾inate the knowledge that has been aggregated by the
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
in the area of extension services. They will also gather
data of Nigeria’s agriculture assets.


Selection Preference
Bachelor’s degree, HND or OND in Nutrition, Agricul￾tural Sciences, Agricultural Economics, Agronomy,
Animal Science, Crop Science, Food Science & Tech￾nology, and other agro related disciplines.
3. NABTEB
4. OND
5. HND
6. RN
7. RM
8. B. Tech
9. B. Sc
C. QUALIFYING INSTITUTIONS
Post-tertiary qualification in any of the following
courses
1. Schools of Health Technology
2. Nursing Schools
3. Midwifery Schools
4. Polytechnics
5. Universities
N-Power Agro Volunteers will provide advisory ser￾vices to farmers across the country. They will dissem￾inate the knowledge that has been aggregated by the
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
in the area of extension services. They will also gather
data of Nigeria’s agriculture assets.

Selection Preference
Bachelor’s degree, HND or OND in Nutrition, Agricul￾tural Sciences, Agricultural Economics, Agronomy, Animal Science, Crop Science, Food Science & Tech￾nology, and other agro related disciplines.

4. N-Power VAIDS
The Voluntary Asset and Income Declaration Scheme
(VAIDS) seeks to encourage non-compliant and par￾tially compliant taxpayers to voluntarily declare their
correct income and assets and pay the appropriate
tax due to the government.
A minimum of 3,700 N-Power VAIDS volunteers will be
selected to assist in attaining the objectives of VAIDS,
working with the Federal Ministry of Finance and the
Joint Tax Board.
The N-Power VAIDS volunteers will function as com￾munity tax liaison officers and will have the following
key responsibilities which will include tax promotion,
document review, record keeping, answering on￾line inquiries, customer management, report writing, amongst others.

he Scheme is designed for 1 year after which N-Pow￾er VAIDS volunteers who have performed commend￾ably might be offered job opportunities by the relevant
tax authorities.
Others who remain on the N-Power Programme and
have not secured jobs will be transferred to N-Power
Teach to conclude the remainder 1 year.

Disciplines: Bachelor’s degree, HND or OND in Ac￾counting, Economics, Law,Business Administration, Banking &Financeand other allied disciplines in the
social sciences.
The N-Power application portal will open at 11.30 pm
on June 13th 2017 to all eligible Nigerians. Applicants
are to note that the application process is complete￾ly free and there is no application fee. Applicants are requested to read and understand all relevant infor￾mation prior to applying. Applicants should note the
following steps:
• Visit www.npower.gov.ng.
 Read up about the different
 N-Power categories so that
 you understand the category
 that suits you best.
• Before you go on to apply,
 ensure you have a printout or
 accurate details of your Bank
Verification Number or BVN
 and a recent passport
 photograph.
June 2017 Application
• Then click on “Apply for
 N-Power Volunteer Corps”.
• Once you get on the
 application portal, you will
 be required to read the terms
 and conditions of the
 N-Power Programme and
 accept that all the information
 you will provide must be
 truthful and accurate

• Fill in your 11-digit BVN; then
fill in your surname, first
 name, and middle name in
 identical terms to your BVN
 information; followed by
 details of your active bank
 account;
• If your BVN details are
 inaccurate, you will not be
 permitted to go past this
 interface. If the BVN details
 are accurate, you will be
 allowed to proceed to the
application portal to fill in all
 the personal information
 required and your academic
qualification. You will receive
 a unique N-Power
identification number;
• Ensure to provide your own
 telephone number and email
 so that you can be reached
 directly;
• You will also need to upload
 your passport photograph in
either JPEG or PNG files in no
 more than 25 kilo bytes.
• Before you complete your
 application, you will be
 assessed on your knowledge
 of grammar, general
 knowledge, and for N-Power
 VAIDS, basic numerical
 concepts.

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