The Federal Government on Thursday said all outstanding payments of the N-Power Batches A and N-Power Batches B beneficiaries have been made.
About 14,000 N-Power beneficiaries of the Batches A and B who were exited last year were not paid their five months allowances.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, last year directed those N-Power volunteers affected to report to their various State Focal Persons for verification and re-validation.
The directive was given by the Minister as part of efforts to resolve unpaid stipends withheld due to discrepancies in records of the N-Power beneficiaries.
The Ministry also stated that investigations conducted by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) following the omission indicated that some N-Power beneficiaries were also getting salaries from other federal government MDAs.
The Federal Government has begun the selection process for applicants who indicated interest to be employed under the N-Power Batch ‘C’.
The News Agenct of Nigeria (NAN) reports that N-Power is a scheme set up by President Muhammadu Buhari on June 8, 2016, to address the issues of youth unemployment and help increase social development.
The scheme was created as a component of National Social Investment Programme, to provide a structure for large scale and relevant work skills acquisition and development and to ensure that each participant will learn and practice most of what is necessary to find or create work.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Alhaji Bashir Alkali, made the call in a statement on Friday in Abuja signed by the media aide to the Minister, Mrs Nneka Anibeze.
Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated the N-Power Batch ‘C’ on the National Social Investment Management Systems (NASIMS).
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