NPower: Sadiya Umar Farouk Discusses Fate of NPower Beneficiaries

Binta Zumi- What can you tell us about NPower?

Sadiya Umar Farouk- NPower is an initiative by the president to alleviate poverty among the youths in Nigeria

Binta Zumi- What is the fate of NPower Beneficiaries?

Sadiya Umar Farouk- NPower is a 2 years volunteer scheme designed by the Federal Government of Nigeria due to some issues the NPower Batch A beneficiaries were not exited, but now they are exited, NPower batch B beneficiaries will be exited by next week.

Binta Zumi- Are there any plans for these exited NPower Beneficiaries?

Sadiya Umar Farouk - About 100,000 NPower beneficiaries are now entrepreneurs, while those who could not because business owners will be giving a non compulsory Loan, we are currently in talks with CBN to grant NPower Beneficiaries access to various forms of loans such as GEEP, AGSMEIS, and ANCHO BORROWER.

Binta Zumi- Will NPower Beneficiaries be paid their June stipend?

Sadiya Umar Farouk- By next week NPower beneficiaries will start getting alerts.

My Deepest Apology, GIFMIS is Ready Sadiya On Deutsche Welle (DW) News.

NPower Batch A and NPower Batch B will start receiving June Stipends within the week, and July stipend will follow next week. The Federal Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has approved June stipend.

In a conversation with DW News, Sadiya Umar Farouk blamed flagged accounts, where some NPower volunteers received double payment last month.

She also blamed GIFMIS as a slow but effective platform for huge credit transactions for Social Investment Scheme like the NPower scheme.

Many NPower volunteers have taken to various social media platforms to complain over the delay of their stipends. But the system is already set to credit NPower volunteers, she stated.

GIFMIS platform takes seven days to process payment, that is, if order is given now, it will take one full week before NPower volunteers get alerts.

All NPower volunteers owed will also be paid at once before disengagement into transition, she added.

This will be the last stipend for Batch A NPower volunteers as they exit the programme, the Federal government is transitioning volunteers into a new level of partnership, whose details are not clear.

NPower Batch B will be eliminated same way, by July ending, giving way for Batch C entrance