The Federal Government says a total of 176,160 graduate
beneficiaries had been deployed under its Social Investment Programme, N-Power.
This figure was contained in a book entitled: ‘‘Making
Steady, Sustainable Progress for Nigeria’s Peace and Prosperity: A Mid-Term
Report Card on the Buhari Administration’’ co-authored by the Presidential
Media Team.
The book is expected to be presented by All Progressives
Congress, APC, National leader, Bola Tinubu on November 16.
In the book, it was stated that N-Power programme, has
reached 200,000 graduate beneficiaries from all 36 states, including the FCT.
The book noted that out of the 25,840 selected applicants,
11, 884 beneficiaries were disqualified after physical verification or had
incomplete records, adding that the remaining 13,956 beneficiaries were absent
from physical verification.
Also, the book reads that in other to ensure gender balance,
46 per cent of the total 200,000 beneficiaries selected were female while 1,
126 applicants with disabilities were also picked.
According to the book, a centralized Project Management Unit
was currently being set up to carry out monitoring and evaluation of the
programme across the country.
In addition to this, a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU has
been signed with the National Orientation Agency to also carry out monitoring
and evaluation in all 36 states, including the FCT.
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