Di Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, madam Sadiya Farouq give dis informate during di process of recruiting and posting of di 500,000 Npower Batch C beneficiaries.
Di N-power scheme dey created for unemployed graduates and non-graduates wey dey di ages of 18 and 35. Di programme na for only two year, during dis time, goment go attach di beneficiaries to any goment job for di state dem dey stay and dem dey pay dem 30,000 thousand naira every month.
N-power get six categories; N-Teach, N-Health, N-Agro, N-Build, N-Creative and N-Tech. N-Teach and N-Health na only for graduates wey don complete di compulsory one year NYSC programme while N-Agro, N-Build, N-Creative and N-Tech dey available to graduates and non-graduates. E get 3 batches, A, B, and C.
Di programme start for 2016. Goment for 2019 say dem don spend about N279bn and about 800,000 young Nigerians don benefit from di scheme.
For 2016, 200,000 beneficiaries na im dey di Batch A and dem spend 43 months instead of di 24 months wey dem suppose dey engaged. For 2018, di goment engage 300,000 beneficiaries for Batch B and wen e reach time for dem to comot for 2020, small drama bin play out as some of di beneficiaries claim say goment still dey owe dem money.
Di latest Batch C na 500,000 beneficiaries.
Reactions, criticisms of di N-power programme
Plenty hailing and condemnation don follow dis programme since e start for 2016. Some see am as better employment and development strategy, odas say di process no pure and e dey stressful plus di money wey e dey gulp too much as dem fit take am build industries for dis youth to dey permanently employed.
Please, I think this should be read
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-56365022.amp
NPOWER be one cool social investment scheme before e reach the time of this madam wey be Minister of humanitarian. The way them take dey select people that time be dey transparent. Una no need to sabi anybody before them go carry you put but the moment the madam minister enter office, NPOWER too don become like other federal jobs wey una must sabi politicians before them go carry you put.
The Batch C they wan recruit now, the politicians don finish the slot.
And na 1 week ago them day make people come dey write qualifying exam for the exam. Everything about NPOWER no clear to anybody again.