The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development of Nigeria, Sadiya Farouq has promised the disengaged N-Power beneficiaries who are owed stipends that “all legitimate claims and those on the verified list will be paid before the end of the year”.
Afriupdate reports that Minister Farouq made this disclosure on her verified Twitter handle on Tuesday.
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It would be recalled that Batch A beneficiaries exited the programme on June 30 after four years in the famed scheme, while their Batch B counterparts officially made their exit on July 31st – after two years.
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Meanwhile, these Nigerian youths are currently in the dark regarding their exit/transition package.
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“I consider it necessary to give status update regarding the outstanding arrears of stipend to the 14,200 N-power cohorts from Batch A and B,” the minister said.
“From the outset, the N-Power programme was designed to run for 24 months (2 years) which all beneficiaries signed on to.
“While the Batch A participants stayed on the programme for over 40 months, the Batch B members stayed within the 24-month time frame.
“To ensure other young Nigerians benefit from N-power, we set June 30, 2020 terminal date for Batch A beneficiaries and July 31, 2020 terminal date for Batch B members.
“Out of the 500,000 combined beneficiaries from Batch A and B only 14,200 have 5 months outstanding stipend arrears.
“The delay in the payment of the arrears arose due to platform migration from NIBSS to GIFMIS by the Office of Accountant General of the Federation in March 2020.
The delay in the payment of the arrears arose due to platform migration from NIBSS to GIFMIS by the Office of Accountant General of the Federation in March 2020.
— Sadiya Umar Farouq CON (@Sadiya_farouq) October 27, 2020
“From the consolidated list of beneficiaries we received from the OAGF in September, the 14,200 beneficiaries with arrears of stipend were flagged for receiving monthly payment from other MDAs, particularly from the NYSC.
We have initiated State verification process with State N-Power Focal Officers. The 14,200 affected beneficiaries will present their NYSC certificates for final verification after which we will present an updated list to OAGF to pay off their 5 months arrears.
— Sadiya Umar Farouq CON (@Sadiya_farouq) October 27, 2020
“It is possible that the 14,200 beneficiaries used their NYSC allowance bank accounts for N-Power and GIFMIS payment platform picked them for double payment.
“We have initiated State verification process with State N-Power Focal Officers.
“The 14,200 affected beneficiaries will present their NYSC certificates for final verification after which we will present an updated list to OAGF to pay off their 5 months arrears.
“All legitimate claims and those on verified list will be paid before the end of the year.
“Let me add that N-Power has contributed significantly to the socio-economic development of this country.
“We salute past beneficiaries for their service to the nation.
“It is gratifying to note that N-Power achieved one of its core objectives of making beneficiaries self-reliant.
“I am proud to inform Nigerians that 109,000 among the 500,000 beneficiaries have gone to become business owners and some are already employers of labour.
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N-Power: As Regards Batch C Enrolment
“We are concluding arrangement to start the Batch C programme where other young Nigerians will participate,” Farouq added.
“We will continue to work towards a better future for our young people.”
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