,,,Commends FG Over Settlement of Arrears of Batches A and B Shortlisted candidates for the Batch C1 of the Federal Government’s N-Power programme have been enjoined to take advantage of the opportunity provided by the ongoing verification exercise, to start…
FG begins payment of outstanding allowances to 14,021 Batch A and B N-Power enrollees
The federal government, Friday, said that it has started payment of outstanding allowances to 14,021 N-Power enrollees in the first and second batches (Batch A and B). Government explained that the development followed the overcoming of payment system challenges faced…
5 key things to note about N-Power Batch C
Following the onboarding of 510,000 N-Power beneficiaries in the 36 states and the FCT and flagging-off of N-Power Batch C on Monday, August 23, 2021 by Sadiya Umar Farouq, Honourable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, we…
Umar Farouq kicks off onboarding of 5,000 independent monitors for social investment programmes
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq has flagged off the onboarding of 5,000 independent monitors for the various National Social Investment Programmes (NSIP) The training programme, according to a statement by the minister’s…
N-power exit strategy: All’s well that ends well – Dapo Bruce
It was the English bard, William Shakespeare, who wrote the enigmatic play All’s Well that Ends Well, which is regarded alongside “Measure for Measure” and “Troilus and Cressida” as Shakespeare’s problem plays on account of the heroes and heroines who…
NEXIT portal brings closure to N-power Batch A & B – Onyema Dike
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development was created on August 21, 2019 with a clear mandate to “develop Humanitarian policies and provide effective coordination of national and international humanitarian interventions; ensure strategic Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, and…
6 reasons why the time has come for N-Power Batch C
Social media has been in a frenzy since the Friday June 19, 2020 announcement of the transition of N-Power Batch A and B scheduled for June 30th and July 31st, 2020 respectively. According to a statement released by the Ministery…
N-Power to begin enrolment of next batch June 26
The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has announced the commencement of enrolment for a new batch of N-Power beneficiaries effective June 26th 2020. The N-Power Programme was inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016 under…
N-Power and Sadiya Farouk’s detractors – Emma Agu
In my early days as editor, one day, as I agonised openly over what I had considered was a misreading of my intentions leading, at times, to hostility towards me, my colleague Tony Nzotta, asked me to come over to…
*N-Power beneficiaries protest in Lagos (Guardian) *Obey judgment stopping compulsory blood donation, SERAP tells Sanwo-Olu (Punch)
N-Power beneficiaries protest in Lagos (Guardian) Some beneficiaries of the Nigerian government empowerment programme N-Power on Tuesday protested at the Lagos Television, Alausa, Lagos State. The aggrieved beneficiaries accused the Lagos State Government of ignoring them in its recruitment processes.…
