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Npower: Our target is to train 10m graduates by 2023 - Osinbajo

2/22/2019 12:42:00 AM

The vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, disclosed that the federal government has set a target of training 10 million graduates in Nigeria under the N-Power programme by 2023.

Vanguard reports that Osinbajo made this known in a special lecture he delivered on “The Challenges of Human Development in 21st Century Africa” at Oxford University, United Kingdom.

The vice president maintained that the programme has provided jobs for 500, 000 young Nigerian graduates in the last two years.
.According to him, “Over the past two years, through the N-Power programme, the largest post-tertiary employment programme in Africa, we have been able to offer skills development programmes digitally to over 500,000 young citizens between the ages of 18 and 35. We have set a target of skilling 10 million Nigerians by 2023.”

On his part, Laolu Akande, senior special assistant to the vice president on media and publicity, said funding for the continued payments for beneficiaries of the scheme is contained in the 2018 budget.

He added that beyond the payments of stipends, the federal government is also exploring further options to seamlessly move the beneficiaries from the government job programme to positions where they were able to earn a sustainable income.

Akande said the transition would be through a plan designed to enable them become valuable, all-rounded employees, employers or entrepreneurs.

He stated: “The plan is basically an extension of the exit date of December 2018 for the first batch of 200,000 to enable them continue to offer their valuable services in their various communities while still earning their stipends.

“They are also to partake in the Enhancement Programme that would seamlessly transition them into numerous economic opportunities in both the public and private sectors of the economy.

“The N-Power beneficiaries applied and were selected for the programme in an objective, efficient and transparent manner, without the need for ‘connections’ to anyone of influence.

That was contained in a statement by the senior special assistant to the vice president on media and publicity, Laolu Akande


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Npower volunteer caught with fake result sheets now in DSS custody

2/22/2019 12:07:00 AM

Obisike was reportedly arrested and detained by DSS on Friday, February 15, for allegedly being in unlawful possession of written result sheets said to belong to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
The detained N-Power coordinator, Felix Obisike, was arrested by officials of the DSS for allegedly being in possession of elections result sheets.

On the other hand, The leadership of the federal government’s N-Power programme in the 17 local government areas of Abia have decried the continued detention of the state scheme's coordinator, Felix Obisike, allegedly by the Department of State Service (DSS) in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

In a communique issued at the end of their meeting in Umuahia on Wednesday, February 20, the coordinators called for his unconditional release, describing his incarceration as unlawful.

They urged DSS to immediately release him or charge him to court without further delay. They threatened to embark on a state-wide protest, if the suspect was not released after the next 48 hours.

They alleged that Obisike was a victim of vendetta, which was aimed at blackmailing him and other beneficiaries of N-Power in Abia “in order to score a cheap political point.”

The coordinators said: “We challenge anyone, including INEC, who can come forward and confirm that the typed document is a result sheet detached from INEC form.”

They argued that election result sheets were usually handwritten in the presence of other election stakeholders and not typed.

They also called for a thorough investigation to expose the identities of those that allegedly produced the video recording that was used to blackmail Obisike.

They demanded that such persons be arrested and prosecuted for alleged misrepresentation of facts and misleading the public by spreading falsehood.

They appealed to Abia government to take urgent steps to secure the immediate release of the suspect, in line with its constitutional obligations to protect the people of Abia.

NAN reports that the communique was signed by Johnson Otuonye, the state N-Power spokesman, Chigozie Anaba (Isiala Ngwa north N-Power) and Nkeiru Okechukwu (Bende N-Power).
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Npower beneficiary caught with fake result sheet in Abia State

2/20/2019 09:37:00 AM

The Abia Government has dissociated itself from the fake election result sheets allegedly caught with an N-Power beneficiary in the state.

The State Commissioner for Information, Mr John Kalu, said this during an interaction with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja.

He described as wicked and mischievous attempts by some politicians in the state to link the incident to the state government.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a man, identified as Felix Obisike, an N-Power beneficiary in the state, was reportedly caught with fake election result sheets in Abia shortly before the postponement of Feb. 16 elections.

Subsequently, a viral video of the incident has been circulating on the social media.

Kalu, however, insisted that the incident was stage-managed by some opposition politicians while calling for proper investigation and arrest of those behind it.

“It is important to note that the video published online was edited to make it look like Felix (Obisike) confessed to being the one who owned the fake document whereas he never accepted ownership even under duress.

“Elementary review of the published purported INEC result sheet shows that the entries were typed out as against the usual practice of writing out results in long hand with ink.

“Only a candidate who has never contested general elections before will attempt to pass such a poor forgery as INEC result sheet,” he said.

He warned that if the situation was not properly handled, it could negatively affect the N-Power scheme, especially in the state.

“I am sure that Mr President will be very angry that some politicians are trying to politicise the N-Power programme because of political desperation,” he added.

Mr Anthony Agbazuere, lawyer to Felix Obisike, has however called for the release of his client, insisting that he was framed up for political reasons.

He said he had written to the Inspector-General of Police and the Director-General, Department of State Services (DSS) for their intervention in the matter.
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N-power - 7,000 youths stands to benefit software development programmes

2/17/2019 04:16:00 AM


The senior special assistant to the President on Job Creation and Youth Empowerment, Mr Afolabi Imoukhuede has said that the Federal Government has finalised plans to engage 7,000 youths across the country in software development programmes under the N-Power initiative.

Imoukhuede said that the programme would be introduced as part of the mandate of the scheme to economically empower the youth in the country.

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He noted that no fewer than 50,000 Nigerian youth were already engaged in skills acquisition programmes in different parts of the country with additional 500,000 graduates engaged as volunteers in N-Agro, N-Teach and N-Health since 2016.

“We are to stimulate a lot in young people for them to begin to think out of the box or even imagine a no box at all and really bring up ideas,” he said.

Imoukhuede emphasised the need for the country to strengthen efforts toward unlocking the potential in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) through technological innovations.

“SMEs are greater core not only to our youth, but to all, and that is where an average youth will blend as a micro player. In looking at job creation, we realised that SMEs are the engine of any formidable economy.

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“So for us, we looked at it that it was with the least attention or the greatest challenge. We designed strategies targeted at unlocking the binding constraints that had hitherto hampered the successful entry of our micro enterprises into mainstream business. That is one of the areas we looked at because that in many ways is to unlock entrepreneurship.

“When you begin to look at unemployment we must wake up to the reality that the white collar jobs are not there in the number to match the number of our teeming graduates that are getting to the labour market. So, the earlier we begin to redirect them in the area of innovations using technology to promote entrepreneurship the better for us.”
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Npower Junior Latest Update

2/13/2019 04:51:00 AM


In 2018, NpowerNG had a total of 520,000 volunteers, where 500,000 are graduate volunteers under #NTeach, #NAgro, #NHealth, & #NTax, with 20,000 non-graduate volunteers under #NBuild & #NTech.

Npower Junior Npower Tech underway to equip Nigeria youths with technology skills.

#NPowerJunior is set to commence in 2019.
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Rave4Buhari: N-Power beneficiaries in a massive rally to show support for Buhari's reelection

2/10/2019 01:30:00 AM


The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the rally moved from Area One roundabout through the All Progressives Congress campaign office in Central area to the Old Parade Ground.

It was tagged, Rave for Buhari: Energising the FCT 4 Next Level, and involved volunteers from the 36 states and the FCT.

Some of the beneficiaries told NAN that their resolve to vote massively for Buhari at the presidential election scheduled for February 16 was to return him to consolidate on the good works.

An N-Power beneficiary under the N-Agro, Cooperative Department, Federal Capital Territory Administration, Mr. Abdulwasiu Akanbi, said, “I am here to appreciate Buhari for creating jobs and empowering many of the youths in the country.”

Akanbi commended the Federal Government for successfully implementing the social investment programme, noting that it had brought succour to the youth who were hitherto roaming the streets in search of jobs.

“Today no fewer than 500,000 youths across the country are meaningfully engaged under this scheme, so there is reason to appreciate Buhari and support his re-election bid,” Akanbi said.

He further applauded the Federal Government’s efforts in combating insecurity and providing infrastructure, saying that it was another reason to vote for Buhari massively.

“For instance, the Mokwa-Jebba road to Ilorin which had been in a very deplorable condition has received the needed attention,’’ Akanbi added.

He, however, urged the Federal Government to intensify its efforts in the fight against corruption.

According to him, Buhari must tighten his belt in the fight against corruption because that is the major reason the country is lagging behind in terms of infrastructure.

Another beneficiary, Mr Ambrose Egwari, a teacher at Galadimawa Primary School, said that the programme had improved the standard of education in the country.

According to him, the infusion of N-Power volunteers to support teachers in schools has resulted in schools having more qualified teachers.

“This has caused more parents to withdraw their wards from the private schools to public ones,’’ Egwari said.

Mrs Udengwu Emilia-Uche, teacher at LEA primary school, Zuba said that the programme is filling the gaps in the education sector.

She said that the students were beginning to improve due to the availability of adequate teachers to meet their needs.

Emilia-Uche, while commending the management of the N-Power scheme for ensuring that the monthly N30,000 stipend was regular, urged the Federal Government to review it upwards.


Source:
News Agency Of Nigeria (NAN)
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BREAKING: Interest in N-BUILD program (BATCH 2)

2/09/2019 12:07:00 PM


Dear Candidate, your application for N-Power Graduate program was unsuccessful. However, you have been shortlisted as an N-Build Trainee. Kindly indicate your interest in the program via https://goo.gl/forms/kDXSBb25CUmWPD4J3 on or before noon of 15th February 2019.
Invitation is strictly via SMS
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Interest in N-BUILD program (BATCH 2)
N-Power is a job creation and empowerment programme initiative of the National Social Investment Programme(NSIP) of the Federal Government of Nigeria. The N-Power Build is a Vocational training component of the N-Power National Social Investment Programme. This Sub component is dedicated to the training and certification of unemployed Nigerian Youths aimed at building highly competent and skilled workforce of technicians, artisans and service professionals.
AUTOMOBILE
Beneficiaries would be trained on the fundamentals of the automobile industry, which includes repair and diagnosis of modern Vehicles using modern diagnostic tools, trouble shooting, workshop safety, OBD Scanner, all data scanner, using modern analyzer, wheel alignment and balancing, panel beating and spraying, vulcanizing, using modern equipment/tools.


AGRICULTURE EQUIPMENT TECHNICIANS (AGRIC. TECH.)
Beneficiaries would be imbibed with basic knowledge and principles of operating/repair of modern Agric/Heavy Duty Engine Vehicles, proper selection, safe use/handling and storage of Agric/Heavy Duty engine diagnostic tools/equipment; compliance with manufacturers guide, service data, parts, etc.


CARPENTRY & JOINERY
Beneficiaries would be trained on the primary work performed in the trade, which is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete framework, etc.

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION
Beneficiaries would be trained to specialize in the electrical wiring of buildings, stationary machines, and related equipment, which would aid employment in the installation of new electrical components or the maintenance and repair of existing electrical infrastructure.


MASONRY & TILING
Beneficiaries would be trained to translate what the professionals have de­signed and drawn into the physical building by laying blocks or bricks to construct brickwork, and also to lay any combination of stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or similar pieces or concrete to make up the walls and structural elements of the building including foundations, floors, columns and beams. They also undertake plastering, tiling and similar finishing work in the building.


PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING
Beneficiaries would be trained to specialize in installing and maintaining systems used for plumbing, heating, drainage, firefighting, potable (drinking) and wastewater or small-sized industrial process plant piping.


HOSPITALITY
Beneficiaries would be trained in the technical, vocational and professional training that cover the knowledge, skills and competence required for careers in the art of House Keeping, Catering & Cookery, Baking & Confectionery, Mixology and Waiters & Bartenders.

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We'll increase the number of beneficiaries of N-Power scheme from its present 500,000 to 1.5million - VP

2/09/2019 01:37:00 AM


Osinbajo said if re-elected, the Buhari administration will take the number of N-Power beneficiaries to 1.5 million.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made this known during a visit to the palace of Owa Obokun Adimula of Ijesaland, Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran.

Osinbajo said: “We are seeking second term to consolidate on the good work which we have brought to Nigeria as we are poised to build a prosperous Nigeria for Nigerians.

“We want to engage 1.5million youths to cushion the unemployment menace in the country. We will do this by increasing the number of beneficiaries of N-Power scheme from its present 500,000 to 1.5million.

“The statistics increment will help to absorb 1.5million youths out of 1.7million graduates that our country produces every year. Though we have started loan scheme to support the economy through what we tagged ‘traders’ money’ but we will strengthen this scheme by establishing entrepreneur bank that will be responsible for this initiative. “We are taking seriously the issue of electricity to attract investors. We will complement on our achievement on this sector as part of efforts to build a new Nigeria that everyone will be proud of.

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Ondo N-Power beneficiaries heading to the Next Level as they hold eight-hour rally for PMB

2/04/2019 06:00:00 AM


Over 1,000 beneficiaries of the Federal Government N-Power programme in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State at the weekend staged an eight-hour solidarity rally in support of the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The beneficiaries, who converged on Oba-Akoko junction, carried out a house-to-house campaign of the area.

They pleaded with the residents to re-elect President Buhari because of the laudable programmes his administration had executed in the last three and a half years.

They went round in hired buses, private cars and many commercial motorcycles through Oba-Akoko, Supare, Ikun, Ayegunle, and terminated at Oka-Akoko, a distance of about eight kilometres.

Distributing handbills, leaflets and carrying banners, the campaigners went on specially prepared T-shirts with fez caps adorned with the photographs of President Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.

Some of the inscriptions on the banners read: “Please, Vote For Buhari”; “He has reduced our sufferings by introducing N-Power programme for university graduates to solve unemployment in the country” and “A vote for Buhari is a sure bet for the continuation of N-Power.”

Their T-shirts carried the message: “We are beneficiaries of N-Power programme.”

According to the coordinators of the rally, Ogunwode Femi Innocent and Kola Omosanyin, who addressed reporters, the rally was aimed at expressing gratitude tothe Federal Government for introducing the programme.

Source:
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Recruiting Npower volunteers without proper training is counterproductive ~ NUT

2/03/2019 09:16:00 AM


President of the Nigerian Union of Teacher (NUT), Nasir Idris, at the union's annual solemn assembly on Sunday, claimed that the idea of recruiting young men and women as teachers under the auspices of Npower to work for just two years without adequate training is counterproductive while arguing that some may even be engaged in double jobs and other related activities.

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How FG is planning to take Npower to the next level

2/03/2019 01:15:00 AM





We plan to enhance the continued development of the existing beneficiaries, linking them to further economic opportunities whilst also expanding the Programme to take in more people. The Technology Innovation Programmes and the Skills Competency Programmes will also be expanded and scaled up.


On the sustainability of Social Investment programme:

"A credible Social Investment safety net as we have demonstrated is what every country must have in place for her people. It is not negotiable, if we desire to attain the stability and competitiveness of developed nations. Firstly, scripture teaches us from the foundation that there would always be poor people, so we must have a safety net for our poor and vulnerable.
Secondly, life is about ups and downs, as such, we must design a merit system that offers lifeline to our youths to pick up in life."


How fair the programme is:
Perhaps what is most fascinating and yet most troubling to the opposition is the process of transparency and equal access to everyone. These programmes and investment are not distributed through political nor religious patronage, but every interested Nigerian is able to apply and benefit with out knowing anyone, I mean anyone. This dividends of their democracy reaches down to every Nigerian regardless of the political party in the state, otherwise how do you explain that Rivers State, though a PDP-controlled State, got the highest number of N-Power Batch 1 beneficiaries simply because the highest number of applications came from the State. The question to ask is, did Nigeria ever saw this manner of fairness and inclusion in the 16 years of PDP? We know what they did with SURE-P where they say they spent over N500 billion for only 150,000 beneficiaries in the country and we in N-Power have invested about N150 billion as at December 2018 for over 500,000 genuine and identifiable beneficiaries, that is 30 per cent of what they spent for over 200 per cent more beneficiaries that they claim. If this is not doing more with less, you tell me what it is…that is what President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stand for and represent.


Several sub-components and sub-division of Npower:
Graduate N-Power for unemployed young graduates with focus on full time paid volunteering in their various communities of residence be it at public schools (N-Teach), rural farms (N-Agro), primary health facilities (N-Health) and as community tax advocacy liaisons (N-Tax). These are 500,000 across the country in every 774 LGA earning N30,000 every month plus a computing tablet device.
Non-Graduate N-Power, which is our Skills to Entrepreneurship Programme that is reviving our Apprenticeship culture through Vocational and Technical Skills revolution. Engaging about 50,000 young Nigerians across Construction, Automobile, Hospitality, Technology Hardware & Software industries. Each beneficiary of this component obtains an exit tool kit valued no less than N250,000 in addition to a transport support stipend of N10,000 monthly whilst in the Programme.


An Exclusive interview with Afolabi Imoukhuede, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Job Creation and Youth Employment Employment
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Npower: Summary of barrister Ismaeel's Statement In respect to permanency

1/30/2019 11:29:00 AM

Summarily, from the meeting with Barrister Ismaeel Ahmed today, 30th January, 2019, at Meena Event Center, Kano, He said; "Within the period of our extension till May, F.G will keep striving to ascertain our absorption into other sectors, that we should be rest assured that we ain't going to be let go of us with nothing, but FG is and has never for once promised us any permernet or pensionable job since the commencement of this program. The extention with is just to give more room to work on convincing other labour sectors on our absorbtion. And after the election, if APC gets re-elected, another new set of 500, 000 will be priviledge to be empowered and benefit the scheme like we 2016 did". Barrister Ismaeel Ahmed is the Senior Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Investment Programmes, SIP.
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N-Power ta kara tsawon wa'adin ma'aikatan da ta dauka yan 2016

1/29/2019 12:13:00 PM

Babban mai taimakawa shugaban kasa Muhammad Buhari a kan samar da ayyuka da kuma bayar da tallafi, Afolabi Imoukhuede, ya bayyana cewa gwamnatin tarayya ta kara tsawon wa'adin ma'aikatan N-Power da aka dauka a 2016 zuwa 2018
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Ya ce duk da wa'adin da aka kayyade na aikin shekaru biyu da za su yi ya cika, gwamnatin tarayya ta kara masu wa'adi domin muhimmiyar gudunmuwar da suke bayarwa a wasu ma'aikatun da suke aiki musamman makarantu.

Da yake zantawa da kamfanin Dillancin Labarai NAN a yau Talata Afolabi Imoukhuede, ya ce wasu ma'aikatan N-Power sun bar aikin a sakamakon samun aikin gwamnati na din-din-din da suka yi a wurare daban-daban
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Discontinue Npower - NUT urges FG

1/29/2019 11:36:00 AM


The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Tuesday called Federal Government to scrap Npower as it fails to render the desired benefits.

Nigerian Union Of Teacher's President, Nasir Idris, said this at the 2019 solemn assembly of the union held annually to begin the year by its members.

He said that there is an urgent need to recruit more teachers into our schools on a permanent basis as against the N-Power teaching program, which does not render the desired benefits and should be discontinued.

He claimed that there are qualified teachers that are waiting to be employed. That is why we want government to stop that one (N-Power) let them recruit qualified teachers to manage our schools.


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N-Power: Any form requesting an applicant’s PVC details is fraudulent

1/21/2019 01:45:00 PM
The National Social Investment Office (NSIO) says any of its programmes’ forms requesting information about an applicant’s  permanent voter card (PVC) is fraudulent.

This is coming after the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) alleged that there is a plan to involve beneficiaries of the federal government’s N-Power scheme in the forthcoming elections.

In a statement on Sunday, Maryam Uwais, special adviser to the president on social investment, said none of its progammes makes use of the form in question.

“Any Form that requests for information relating to political affiliation, PVC of applicants in the name of any of NSIO programmes or prescribes payment of application fees is either fraudulent or mischievous and should be ignored. Such Form(s) could only have been issued by fraudsters or mischief-makers who are intent on discrediting the Social Investment Programmes, which are obviously benefitting the masses,” the statement read.

“The State Focal Persons in each State, with whom we collaborate on the programmes, are appointed by their Governors, irrespective of political affiliation. They can attest to the non-partisan nature in which the programmes have been implemented so far, as can the beneficiaries.

“The Leadership of this Administration has directed that any social investments in Nigerian citizens must be devoid of any political, ethnic or religious colouration. Consequently, the National Social Investments Office rejects the notion or inference that the processes under the National Social Investment Programmes are partisan. Any individual purporting to enlist applicants on the basis of political affiliation or PVC information should therefore be promptly reported to the local law enforcement agency.”

She added that all applications for the N-Power are submitted online at www.npower.gov.ng, and pre-selection is done using computer algorithms designed to ensure gender balance and inclusion of physically challenged applicants in the selection.

“A physical verification exercise of selected applicants is conducted in States across the country (after the completion of the objective online selection process), in order to authenticate applicants’ identity, relevant credentials, employment status and residency in the respective Local Government Area or State,” the statement read.
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N-power personnel will not be allowed to serve as INEC Ad-Hoc Staff in Rivers State. If you bring them, we will chase them away~Wike

1/21/2019 09:25:00 AM
By Onyema Godwin

Addressing the PDP Campaign Rally for Ikwerre Local Government Area on Monday at Omagwa, the governor said that the N-power list is concocted to favour APC with a view to rigging the 2019 General Elections.

He said: “I hear INEC wants to use N-power personnel as ad-hoc staff for the elections.  This is a ploy to rig the elections.

“N-power personnel will not be allowed to serve as INEC Ad-Hoc Staff in Rivers State.  If you bring them, we will chase them away”.

Wike said all Nigerians should share in the blame of allowing a man without knowledge of the economy to emerge as president of the country.



“The mass unemployment across the country is due to the emergence of Buhari. All Nigerians should share in the blame for their suffering.

“We took our future and mandate and handed over to people who don’t understand job creation “, the governor lamented charging the people to vote for the PDP Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar for his understanding of the economy and ability to create jobs.
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INEC recruiting N-Power beneficiaries as adhoc staff, CUPP alleges

1/20/2019 12:36:00 PM


Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja

Opposition political parties on the platform of the Coalition of United Political Parties on Sunday raised the alarm on alleged plan by the Independent National Electoral Commission to compromise the forthcoming general elections.



They accused the electoral body of recruiting beneficiaries of the present administration’s N-Power programme as ad hoc staff for the general election.

The coalition’s first national spokesperson, Imo Ugochinyere, made the allegation in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja.

Ugochinyere said, “The President wants to use the beneficiaries of their failed N-Power programme to technically rig the election.

“The INEC Chairman should ensure the credibility which he promised Nigerians by making sure that no N-Power beneficiary is recruited as ad hoc staff in the election because it is clear that these so-called beneficiaries are going to be used by President Buhari and his APC cohorts to rig the elections.”

The coalition’s spokesman claimed that the present administration has failed Nigerians and it is clear to government officials that they will lose the election in a free and fair contest.

This, he said, was why they are adopting all manner of ploys to rig the elections.

He added that information available to the CUPP indicated that Mrs Amina Zakari, believed to be a relative of the President would be in charge of the recruitment and training of the wards/local government areas/state collation and returning officers.

“We have just been informed from a very reliable source that Amina Zakari will be in charge of the recruitment and training of the Ward/LGA/State Collation and returning officers.

“This is an obvious effort by Amina Zakari to influence and manipulate the conduct of the 2019 elections,” he said.
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FG Commences Training of Trainers for NPower Agro Batch 'B' in States Nationwide

1/20/2019 06:21:00 AM


The Federal Department of Agricultural Extension - FDAE of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has commenced Training of the Master Trainers on Cloud Agric Data Solution nationwide.
The exercise being coordinated by the FDAE in collaboration with the National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services - NAERLS is to enable the N-Agro pariticipants capture the information of local farmers across the 36 states of Nigeria including the FCT.
Part of the objectives of this training exercise is to enable the Federal Government support and patronize the produce of the local farmers for utilization in the ongoing Home Grown School Feeding Programme of the Federal Government of Nigeria across the country.
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2016 NPOWER BENEFICIARIES AND THE PROPOSED ENHANCEMENT PACKAGE

1/12/2019 01:20:00 PM

BY:Uwode Eseoghene Josephine
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12/01/2019

The Npower programme is an initiative of the President Muhammadu Buhari's Administration. It was birthed in the year 2016, with employability capacity to accommodate 500,000 unemployed Nigerian Youths, placed on a monthly stipend of #30,000 and other enticing benefits accrue to beneficiaries of the scheme.

It is an all embracing scheme as it absorbs youths irrespective of academic qualifications and choice to get empowered in the areas of Teaching (N-teach), Health (N-Health), Agriculture (N-Agro), Taxation (N-Tax), N-build, N-Tech and N-creativity.

The beauty of the scheme is embedded in the transparency at the manner in which the recruitment process was and is being conducted. Its a breaking of history from the cultural High wire connection  (Man-know-man) pattern of conducting recruitments from time immemorial

The attractiveness of the scheme can also be attributed to bringing succour to the hearts of many Nigerian graduates  who before now had no meaningful source of livelihood but at present  smile to the banks, being paid as at when due.The scheme is also viewed as a palliative measure, aiding in decongesting an already saturated labour market.

With the decay in the educational system that breeds unemployable graduates , conspicuously speaking, the Npower beneficiaries possess enhanced employability status through skills acquired in the programme. This makes them fit into parastatals in any capacity they may be called to serve in the future.
Currently, the level of impact created by Npower beneficiaries in various sectors is attested to have filled man power gaps, contrary to the unpopular speculation labelling the  scheme as a mare waste of public coffer.

On the above premise, one can establish the fact that Mr President deserves an heavy weight applause for this life transforming Npower initiative with the cognomen N-Baba.

Having taken  X-ray of the pluses that accompany the scheme, it becomes unequivocally necessary to address some shortcomings associated with the process, as there is always two sides to a coin.

A fundamental issue that has generated damning indictment and cess pool anger by the 2016 beneficiaries is the ambiguous and perceived non sustainability of the proposed "Enhancement Package" for 2016 beneficiaries whose 2year contract seem to have elapsed. The enhancement was initially defined to mean a continuity of the 2016 beneficiaries on the scheme to avert being retired to the labour market.

On October 2017, Npower through its Senior Special Assistance to the President on job creation, Mr.Afolabi Imoukhede reiterated Federal Government's commitment to retain such beneficiaries into government parastatal and the private sector base on state capacities. While this measure seems futuristic and not instantaneous,   a 3month enhancement programme was proposed  stretching from November 2018 which marks the official expiration date for such beneficiaries to February 2019, with a continued #30,000 monthly stipend.

The dwindling state of the enhancement package subjects beneficiaries to palpitations that the scheme may be short lived if the pendulum of power swings in the direction of the opposition come 2019 General elections.

Considering the state of the political season, characterised by proliferated menace of strike actions like the ASUU and the proposed NLC strike, the Npower beneficiaries considered a potent channel of vote garnering may be tempted to hold the government of the day to ransom by declining vote for Mr President come February 2019 Presidential Election.

The president at this point in time cannot afford to risk his 4+4=8 political formulae for any reason. Thus, it is advisable that if Mr president intends to seek support from beneficiaries, the enhancement package should be given a cut clear definition in no distant time , rather than promises of hearing from the federal government from weeks that has snowballed into months of non fulfilment.

In a nut shell, the essence of the Npower scheme can only reap full potentials if beneficiaries are financially equipped to transfer skills acquired into being pragmatically resourceful. The word "Empower" simply connotes enablement. The enablement  can only be actualised if beneficiaries are exited from the scheme with "Seed capital" ( start up monies) to get established. This is a more feasible and efficacious approach with the capacity to instigating a paradigm shift from reliance on white collar jobs to entrepreneurship that drives modern economies.

The proposal to absorb some beneficiaries into government parastals base on state capacities seem very euphoria. This assertion can be aligned with the  economically inviability of some states to service salaries, coupled with claims of being financially incapacitated to implement the New national Minimum wage.  Beneficiaries who reason to be compensated in this manner should renege from nursing such thoughts as the permanency drive is contrary to terms and conditions entered from the inception of the programme which requires an exit from the scheme, following the expiration of their two year service time frame.

Conclusively, the issuance of Seed Capital for beneficiaries and alternatively  improved stipend and elongated stay period on the scheme implemented before the 2019 elections will better define the sincerity of purpose and the sustainability of the Npower scheme. A deviation from this proposed panacea will be a pitfall of the objectives of the scheme, thus retiring such beneficiaries to the labour market, and a return to the viscous circle of poverty that stems from unemployment debacle.

The outcome of the implementation of the proposed Enhancement package for the 2016 beneficiaries is a determinant of the fate of the 2017 batch on the scheme. If  the enhancement drive is not actualised, it may undoubtedly kill the morale of the 2017 batch and impede their ability to deliver assigned responsibilities maximally due to lack of motivation.




@Uwode E.J.@N-Health 2017.
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N-SIP NPOWER LAGOS SENSITIZATION PROGRAM FOR 2016 & 2017 BATCH

1/09/2019 11:59:00 AM

We are directed to inform all Npower volunteers (Nteach, Nagro, Nhealth, Nbuild and others) in Lagos State that there will be a Mandatory Sensitization Program whereby #NPowerNG officials coming from Abuja will be meeting all Npower Lagos Beneficiaries on the 11th January, 2019 (Friday) by 9:00am, including the sharing of various success stories of Npower Lagos volunteers making waves in different aspects and making impacts via the Federal Government's Social Intervention Program (SIP) - NTEACH, NAGRO, NHEALTH, NBUILD and others.

*Please be notified that all TG, Education Secretaries, MOH and all PPAs Head have been informed about the program and all volunteers aren't expected to be at their PPA on that day as all appropriate quarters have been informed about the program.*

Venue: Okoya Thomas Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium, Opposite National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Time: 9:00am.
Date: Friday 11th January, 2019.

Dress Code: Npower Vest or White Polo/Top and Black Trouser/Skirt.

Please give this memo the widest coverage, as all beneficiaries presence in this function will be highly beneficial to them.

Thanks.

SIGNED:
*Mrs. Kaka Temilola*
_Npower Lagos Focal Person._
N-SIP NPOWER LAGOS SENSITIZATION PROGRAM FOR 2016 & 2017 BATCH N-SIP NPOWER LAGOS SENSITIZATION PROGRAM FOR 2016 & 2017 BATCH Reviewed by Yakubu Abkr on 1/09/2019 11:59:00 AM Rating: 5

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