EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government on Saturday announced that the first batch of NEXIT training of the N-Power scheme will commence in February, 2022.
In a statement by Nneka Ikem Anibeze, the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, batches A and B N-Power beneficiaries are advised to check their eligibility and indicate availability before February 4.
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Read Anibeze’s full message below:
ATTENTION All EXITED Npower BENEFICIARIES
The 1st batch of NEXIT Training will commence in February, 2022. Kindly dial *45665# on or before Friday 4th February to check your eligibility and indicate your availability to take part in the programme.
14 months after the launch of the N-Power NEXIT by Nigerian authorities and since their exit from the N-Power scheme in June and July 2020, this newspaper can authoritatively report that there is no single ex-beneficiary that has been placed into the any Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) intervention option — as promised.
NEXIT is a portal designed for the CBN empowerment programme for exited N-Power beneficiaries (batches A and B). It was launched in November 2020, but has not been effected despite hundreds of the erstwhile beneficiaries successfully completing registration. The next stage of the NEXIT had not been announced either – since 2020.
This newspaper understands that a huge number of N-Power batches A and B beneficiaries are presently back into the unemployment population of Nigeria since the decision of the FG to throw them out in June and July 2020.
Nigeria has one of the worst unemployment rate in Africa.
Unemployment in Africa’s largest economy surged to the second highest on a global list of countries monitored by Bloomberg. In 2020, the unemployment rate in the country was hat approximately 7.96 percent.
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