N-Power: Earlier Mistakes Made Will Not Be Repeated

The Minister for Humanitarian Affairs has promised not to make the mistake made with N-Power batch A and B volunteers in terms of clarity of objective to avoid confusion with N-Power batch C. In a press statement released by the Ministry, the Honourable Minister stated that the incoming N-Power Batch C beneficiaries will clearly know the details of their terms of enrollment and exit at the time of entry into the N-Power programme to avoid what happened in the case of N-Power Batches A and B.

Furthermore, an adequate plan will be made well in advance prior to their time of exiting the N-Power program to avoid what happened presently.

According to the Honourable Minister, the candidates seeking enrollment into N-Power batch C will be scrutinized and selected on merit. ”The ministry will follow a transparent process for selecting the qualified N-Power beneficiaries out of the 5,000,000 (five million) who applied".

The N-power programme is designed to assist young Nigerians between the ages of 18 to 35 to acquire and develop life-long skills for becoming change-makers in their communities and players in the domestic and global markets and given a stipend of N30,000 monthly.

N-Power: Transition Package Preparation

The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and social development through the public affairs department, have advised the exited N-Power batch A and B volunteers to exercise more patience and await the result of the efforts being made by the Honorable Minister who is currently in talks with various MDAs including the CBN and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) to ensure that the eligible exited N-Power beneficiaries are transited to government progammes or even employment where available.

In this respect, "we have directed Focal Persons of NSIPs in all the respective states to submit an updated list and details of the exited N-Power volunteers that are interested in participating in the transition plans of the ministry" according to the Honourable Minister.

The Minister also explained that the N-Power Batches A & B beneficiaries knew from the beginning as they were informed that the N-Power Scheme was for 2 years.

However, the non-disengagement of N-Power Batch A Volunteers after 2 years was done out of exigencies of the time. Therefore, exiting N-Power Batches, A & B after 40 and 24 months respectively was in line with the conditions stipulated at the time of their enrolment, she said.

N-Power Volunteers Owed 5 Months Stipends In Error

Some of the N-Power volunteers who were owed 5-month stipends and in the payroll from March 2020 to date were never removed from the payroll.

It is, unfortunate, that some of your payment details were flagged by the paying platform and this made it impossible for you to receive your payment.

The payment flag reason is currently being investigated for resolution and N-Power is encouraging N-Power volunteers to exercise some patience for the outcome of the investigation.

The Ministry however noted that about 14000 N-Power beneficiaries that were omitted by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation during the payment from March to June 2020 could be among those rejected by the GIPMIS payment platform due to discrepancies identified with their accounts as conveyed to the ministry by the office of the Accountant General of the Federation.

According to the report from the AGF's office, any N-Power beneficiary receiving payment from other government payment platforms will be blocked by the Government Integrated Financial Management System (GIPMIS). Hence their payment will be withheld.

The FMHADMSD has requested for details of those affected and the reasons for their rejection from AGF's Office and has promised to communicate that to the affected N-Power beneficiaries. However, if the rejection was done in error, those affected should be 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.

All Oyo State N-Power Volunteers

Concerning the directive from the Minister of Federal Humanitarian Affairs to all the Focal Persons of NSIPs in all the States to submit an updated list and details of the exited N-Power volunteers that are interested in participating in the transition plans of the Ministry, Oyo State Office is yet to get such directive from Abuja and cannot start anything without it.

In lieu of the above, everyone should exercise patience for now, announcement will be made as soon as there is directive to that affect.

Please do not panic, because it is not only Oyo that is yet to start and i see no reason why they are demanding for our details again when they have our authentic details in their data base already. This is just another delay tactics to silent us from our agitation but we will not stop.

Await update as soon as there is directive from Oyo State, until then, remain calm and no cause for alarm.

Thanks.

Comrade Babatunde Abiola

OYO STATE N-POWER REPRESENTATIVE

To All Lagos State N-Power Volunteers

Following the instruction from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Social Disaster under the leadership of Honorable Minister Madam Sadiat Umar Farouq asking all N-Power beneficiaries who are interested participating in the transition plans of the ministry to submit names to the state Focal person.

We want to use this medium to inform all N-Power beneficiaries from the above state to remain calm as we are working out modalities with the state Focal Person to see how this exercise will run smoothly so that no N-Power volunteer who is interested will be left behind.

The State Focal person will communicate to us in due time and you will all be informed likewise.

For now, we employ everyone N-Power volunteer to remain calm until we get appropriate feedback from the focal person.

Thanks.

TO ALL EXITING N-POWER BENEFICIARIES IN OṢUN STATE

To All Exiting N-Power Beneficiaries

RE: URGENT DATA COLLECTION ON EXITING BENEFICIARIES

Further to the efforts of government to collect and collate information on N-POWER Beneficiaries for other opportunities, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has once again requested ALL exiting N-Power Beneficiaries  (Batches A & B) in the various categories to complete an important TEMPLATE.

The Template has been used to prepare the Form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSE_bJsMUR0EPgI8o_RwCFlo0UrgXhCK05ifasfRvR-dtbUg/viewform?usp=pp_url which ALL Beneficiaries in the various categories are expected to complete for further processing.  Completed Forms should be submitted online not later than midnight  on Saturday, 29th August, 2020.

 I thank you.

Hon. Idia Babalola

Hon Commissioner (Federal Matters),

Osun State

Click this link to complete and submit urgently.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSE_bJsMUR0EPgI8o_RwCFlo0UrgXhCK05ifasfRvR-dtbUg/viewform?usp=pp_url

Kindly share widely among Exiting N-Power Beneficiaries in Oṣun State.

Urgent And Important Notice To All Zamfara State Exiting N-Power Volunteers

RE-SUBMITTING YOUR INFORMATION

This is to inform all exiting N-Power Volunteers (Batch A & B) that the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs is exploring various opportunities with some MDAs, such as the BOI, CBN. 

In view of this, all exiting beneficiaries are therefore required to resubmit and Update their details which must include the following;

1- Name

2-Email Address

3-Phone Number

4-Npower Profile ID No.

5-Program

6- Batch (Stream)

Kindly resubmit your updated info to your Local Government Desk Officer for further processing not later than Saturday, 29th August, 2020.

For enquiries, please Contact Kabiru Umar Zabarma Zamfara State Npower Secretary.