Breaking: N-Power Beneficiaries To Get Automatic Employment From FG

N-Power beneficiaries, who have concluded the two-year job programme, are now entitled to permanent employment.
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, gave the update on Wednesday.

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In the bid to reduce the rate of unemployment across the country the federal government has disclosed N-Power beneficiaries, who have concluded the two-year job programme, are now entitled to permanent job opportunities or business prospects.

According to sources, the recent development is part of the newly-activated N-power exit strategy and the initiative is for Batches A and B of the N-Power programme.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, gave the update at the 4th annual review of the Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) on Wednesday.

Under the plan, 200,000 beneficiaries will be engaged as financial services operators under the Shared Agent Network Expansion Facility (SANEF).

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The minister further disclosed that plans have been concluded for the transition of the N-power Batch A and B through the creation of the NEXIT portal, which would allow those who choose to sign up to access other government empowerment opportunities.

She said “A beneficiary management system for the NSIPs is expected to be deployed in 2021. It would have the capacity to manage payments, address grievances and improve dissemination of information”.

The government said another 30,000 beneficiaries have been engaged as geospatial experts and enumerators in the Economic Sustainability Plan’s Mass Agric programme.

Others will have the option of benefiting from the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) micro-enterprise loans.

Rachel Okporu