Humanitarian Minister Gives Update On July Stipend And Reasons Why Batch A Was Omitted From Payment

The Honourable Minister stated on Monday, 24th August 20 that approval has been given for the payment of the outstanding stipends for the exited N-Power Batches A and B volunteers. The approval for payments for up to the month of June, 2020 for the two (2) Batches has already been forwarded to the office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGFs) for final checks and payments. The only outstanding approval waiting to be forwarded to Accountant-General’s Office is for the payment of July Stipends for N-Power batch B volunteers.

The Ministry however noted that about 14000 N-Power beneficiaries that were omitted by the AGF’s Office 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 AGF’s office. According to the report from the AGF’s office, any N-Power beneficiary receiving payment from other government payment platforms will be rejected 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.

FMHADMSD Tells N-Power Batch A & B To Exercise Patience As They Prepare For Their Transition

The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and social development have advised the exited N-Power Batch A and B beneficiaries to exercise more patience and await the result of the efforts being made by the Honorable Minister who is currently engaging various MDAs including the CBN and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Benue State Exited N-Power Volunteers: Submit Your Details Via Mail-State Focal Person

Sequel to the announcement made by Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, on the Transition of N-Power volunteers into various opportunities.

The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has commenced the transitioning of N-Power volunteers of Batch A and B into government entrepreneurship schemes and engaging private sector bodies to absorb some of the N-Power volunteers after the completion of psychometric assessment to determine competency and placement into various opportunities.

“The N-Power programme managers and the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, in a bid to ensure that Batch A and B N-Power beneficiaries are exited into self-reliant programmes is engaging relevant MDAs (CBN, BOA and BOI) to explore opportunities to support those intending to go into entrepreneurship”

The Message Read thus:

1. The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has commenced the disengagement of NPower Batch A and B, who have been on the scheme since 2016 and 2018.

2. The Ministry is requesting for names, email, phone numbers of all those N-Power volunteers who had earlier exited the N-Power programme before now, their sector of engagement and reason for their early exit.

3. The Ministry is also working out plans with CBN, BOI, BOA, on various opportunities that would enable exiting N-Power beneficiaries to be self-reliant and have consequently requested interested N-Power volunteers, to forward to the focal person their email,addresses, names and phone numbers.

4. In keeping with the state COVID19 guidelines on public gathering, N-Power volunteers are expected to send in their details to Benue States Focal Officers

Please use this format to send your details

NPVN Name

Working email address

NPVN phone number

LGA of PPA

N-Power program

Send it to:

benuestatenpower@gmail.com or

benuestatenpower@yahoo.com

The Federal Government has made committments to the continuation and expansion of batch A and B into entrepreneurship schemes.

Skills acquisition for entrepreneurship and job creation that will catapult the youths into viable opportunities.

N-Power Bio-Data Update Form

N-POWER BIO-DATA UPDATE FORM
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfyijv-mDgHVDYAeoY_0bWatjYQHdDnxXpS5D9OOBLFBvEdAA/viewform?fbzx=7376729444582557907

N-Power July Stipend: OAGF Is Working On A Payment Protocol - Nneka Ikem

The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation is working on the payment protocols. All affected and exited N-Power volunteers are advised to be patient, Nneka Ikem Anibeze, the new appointed Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Hon Minister Sadiya Umar Farouq disclosed.

Until her appointment, Nneka Ikem was the Acting Director, Sports and Outside Broadcasts Directorate of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria.

She also served as SA Media and Publicity to the immediate past Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung.

We solicit your support as we welcome her to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.

The new special assistant to Sadiya Umar Farouq assured N-Power volunteers of speedy payment of backlogs to 14,000 N-Power volunteers rejected by GIFMIS.

The newly appointed Special Assistant on Media and Publicity vowed to support the absorption of exited N-Power volunteers into various MDAs.

N-Power ID Confirmation: Go Ahead and Confirm Your Details-NSIP Advised

Please all concerned N-Power volunteers should treat as urgent and important, N-Power volunteers are kindly requested to give this exercise the attention and seriousness it deserves.

In line with the transition plan to exit N-Power volunteers into viable alternatives, the National Social Investment Programme has directed all the exited N-Power volunteers to confirm their ID details for easy identification and head count.

This is prior to the fact that, not all N-Power volunteers are still in the N-Power Scheme:

Some N-Power volunteers absconded long ago.  

Some N-Power volunteers willingly resigned after securing better jobs.

Many N-Power volunteers might not be interested in the transition package.

In line with all round verification, all N-Power batch A volunteers are to login to the NPVN portal and do a simple ID confirmation-NSIP director added.

The verification and confirmation will help the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to know the exact numbers of N-Power volunteers available now, as some N-Power volunteers might have died or not interested.

Apparently, NSIP and FMHDSD have Outlined Three Verification Processes

A) Verification via updating details with Focal persons  in all States

B) Verification via Online (NPVN ID confirmation)

C)Transition test (psychometric test) which miight come in a couple of weeks.

Start the Confirmation at npvn.npower.gov.ng