It said the decision was a result of some irregularities within the scheme, noting that an investigation has been launched into the utilization of funds since the program began.
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President Muhammadu Buhari said this in a message to commemorate the 2021 Workers’ Day celebration on Saturday in Abuja.
Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, says the N-Power Programme is a gift from President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigerian youths to empower them to earn a decent living.
The Federal Government has promised to enroll members of the Newspaper Vendors Association of Nigeria into the N-Power programme, to enable them acquire some skills.
N-Power beneficiaries under the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programme on Thursday appealed to the federal government to ensure timely payment of their monthly stipends to enhance their performance and productivity.
Beneficiaries of the N-Power programme on Wednesday took to the streets of Abuja to demonstrate their support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid.
Volunteers in the N-Power programme of the Federal Government on Monday in Ilorin organised a special prayer for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 16 presidential election.
No fewer than 5,000 extension workers are currently engaged by the Kano State Agricultural and Rural Development Authority under the Federal Government’s N-power programme.
The Ondo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Yemi Olowolabi has charged the outgoing participants of Batch 2016 of the N-Power programme and the incoming Batch 2017 of the Scheme to be creative during and after the empowerment programme in order to achieve success in the nearest future.
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday said 500,000 graduates had so far been recruited under the Federal Government’s N-power programme.
Oni, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria, at his Ifaki-Ekiti residence, said that the programme had given hope to the beneficiaries.
The State Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Hajiya Aisha Jafar-Yusuf, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Kano.
Bello in a statement in Lokoja on Tuesday, said that the programme had given hope to the beneficiaries who were selected on merit from the 21 local government councils of the state.
A statement by the Special Adviser to Governor Yahaya Bello on Multilateral, Donor Agencies and Special Projects, Adoga Ibrahim, in Lokoja on Monday said the beneficiaries would be deployed to all the 21 Local Government Areas of the state as from Aug. 10.
Obafela Bank-Olemoh, Special Adviser to state governor on Education, made the declaration in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos.
The body in a statement signed by its National Youths Leader, Gabriel Nwajei, which was made available to newsmen on Saturday in Asaba also endorsed Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, former Edo Governor, for National Chairmanship position of the All Progressives Congress 2018 convention.
Osinbajo made this known in Akure during an interactive session with beneficiaries of the NHGSFP and inspection of the N-Power Programme at Alagbaka Estate Primary School, Akure.
He said 250 unemployed youths had been gainfully registered into the N-power programme and they had since begun enjoying the financial aspect of the programme.
According to her, NSIP programme comprises Npower, National Home Grown School Feeding, Government Enterprise Empowerment Programme, and the National (conditional) Cash Transfer Programme, designed to support citizens facing economic challenges.
He said: “N-Power is one of the dividends of democracy enjoyed by youths in the administration of President Muhamadu Buhari.”