The Nigerian Government has told the exiting Batch A and B
of N-Power volunteers that it cannot afford their demand of N600,000 each.
On Thursday, hundreds of N-Power
volunteers stormed the streets of Abuja protesting over their unpaid stipends.
The protesting N-Power beneficiaries demanded for permanent
employment or the payment of the sum of N600,000 to each of them before
disengagement.
They also protested their sudden disengagement by the
government without a substantial exit package.
The protesters stormed the National Assembly chanting
anti-government and anti-Sadiya Forouq songs.
The volunteers lamented that ever since the Ministry of
Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management was created and with Sadiya Umar
Farouq in charge, things have not been the same.
They also want the removal of Sadiya Umar Farouk, for
allegedly frustrating the programme.
But a statement by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian
Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development signed by its Deputy
Director, Press, Rhoda Iliya, said the protesters’ request of automatic
employment of all the 500,000 beneficiaries as well as payment of grant of
N600,000 each, is not achievable.
The statement added, “The ministry wishes to state that this
demand was not part of the agreement of engagement they signed with the Federal
Government, which clearly stipulated that they will be exited after two years.
“Furthermore, the government cannot afford the N300bn they
were asking for as grant.”
The statement reminded Nigerians that the current
administration had expended hundreds of billions on beneficiaries of the
programme since 2016.
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