N-Power, the Federal Government empowerment scheme, on
Thursday confirmed date to announce candidates selected for physical
verification.
This information was contained in a statement on its
official Twitter handle, @npower_ng
”We promised you that you would be the first to know and
we have kept that promise. From 11.30pm Monday, November 20th, 2017 applicants
can check if they have been pre-selected for Physical Verification.”
Meanwhile, the presidency has stated that a total of 176,160
graduate beneficiaries had been deployed under N-Power.
This is contained in a book titled: ‘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 stated that N-Power programme has reached 200,000
beneficiaries from all 36 states including the FCT.
It noted that out of the 25,840 selected applicants left,
11,884 beneficiaries were disqualified after physical verification or had
incomplete records, adding that the remaining 13,956 beneficiaries were absent
from physical verification.
It said 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.
Government further disclosed that a centralized Project
Management Unit was being set up to monitor and evaluate the programme across
the country.
“In addition to this, a MoU has been reached with the
National Orientation Agency to also carry out monitoring and evaluation in all
36 states including the FCT,” the book said.
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