The Federal Government has announced the indefinite
suspension of the N-Power program.
Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty
Alleviation, made the announcement while featuring on a TVC news program on
Saturday.
She said the decision was birthed by some irregularities
within the scheme, noting that the government has launched investigation into
the utilization of funds since the program began.
The Minister claimed that some of the beneficiaries are not
found in their place of assignments yet they expect monthly stipends.
According to her, some of the beneficiaries ought to have
exited the program since 2022 but are still on the payroll.
She said, “We must go back to look into N-Power and
understand what the problems are so we will basically suspend the programe for
now until we are done with proper investigation into the utilization of fund
into the N-Power program.
“We want to know how many persons are basically on the
program right now, how many persons are owed, amount they are owed. We are
totally restructuring the N-Power and expanding it.
“There are lots going on. We met people who are supposed to
have exited the program since last year and they are still on claiming that they
are still teaching.
“Sometimes we contact the school or the places where they
are working and they are not there. They are not working yet they keep claiming
that they are being owed eight or nine months stipends.
“About 80 percent of them are not working yet they are
claiming salaries”.
N-Power Program was launched by the administration of former
President Muhammadu Buhari to address the issue of youth unemployment and help
increase social development.
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