Excitement As N-Power Beneficiaries Gets December Salary

Exited beneficiaries of federal government social intervention programme, the N-Power today took to the social media to express delight over the payment of first salary since the programme kicked-off earlier this month, this also confirms that the monthly stipends for the programme is 30,000 naira as seen from the credit alert from beneficiaries.

According to special adviser to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Laolu Akande, those who have not received their stipends should be expecting it in few days as more states completes verification exercise.

1. N-Power Beneficiaries who've been successfully verified across the country are now being processed for payment & some paid already today

— Laolu Akande (@akandeoj) December 30, 2016

2. More will receive their N-Power stipends in a matter of days as we continue to receive verifications from the states. Promise fulfilled.

— Laolu Akande (@akandeoj) December 30, 2016

The Federal Government of Nigeria has designed the N-Power Programme to drastically reduce youth unemployment. The focus is to provide our young graduates and non-graduates with the skills, tools and livelihood to enable them advance from unemployment to employment, entrepreneurship and innovation.
The first phase of N-Power will target Nigeria’s critical needs in education, agriculture, technology, creative, construction and artisanal industries. N-Power is also preparing Nigeria for a global outsourcing push where our young Nigerians can export their services to work on global projects that earn Nigeria, foreign exchange.