The Beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s social investment N-Power scheme have already started receiving Stipend payment for the month of December, 2019 Afriupdate reports.
This was confirmed by a graduate beneficiary of the scheme, who shared the update with this online news medium on Tuesday morning disclosed that December allowance was paid very early in the day.
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Earlier, sending a message to the government, Ademeso told Concise News: “The government should continue with their good deed; The Lord will reward them as they continue to help the youths.”
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“We are still expecting much from them, better than this, he added.
It would be recalled that beneficiaries (both Batch A and Batch B) throughout the federation had been expecting their stipend, as they were promised ‘on or before December 20th’.
Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development made the pledge some weeks ago in Abuja.
The Federal Government in November said it spent N360 billion in two years to pay 500,000 graduates under its N-Power scheme.
See also: N-Power: Batch A Beneficiaries’ October Stipend ‘Withheld’
The N-Power programme has 500,000 volunteers who are engaged as teachers, health workers and agricultural extension officers, among other fields. They are deployed to various locations throughout the country offering their services to Nigerians. Each participant is paid a stipend of N30, 000 monthly (approximately 83 US Dollars).
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