The N-Power social intervention programme has been put on indefinite hiatus by the federal administration, which is led by Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, the N-Power Programme was introduced by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to address the problem of youth unemployment and promote social development.
However, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Betta Edu announced the program’s indefinite suspension in an interview with TVC News on Saturday, adding that the government has started an investigation into its operations.
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She explained that the government had initiated an investigation into the use of funds since the program’s commencement and that the decision to suspend N-Power was a result of various inconsistencies within the scheme.
The Minister claims that even when some beneficiaries are not where they are supposed to be, they nevertheless anticipate monthly stipends.
According to Edu, some N-Power beneficiaries who were supposed to leave the programme in 2022 are still making payments.
She said, “We must go back to look into N-Power and understand what the problems are, so we will basically suspend the programe for now until we are done with proper investigation into the utilization of funds into the N-Power program.
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“We want to know how many persons are basically on the program right now, how many persons are owed, amount they are owed. We are totally restructuring the N-Power and expanding it.
“There are lots going on. We met people who are supposed to have exited the program since last year and they are still on claiming that they are still teaching.
“Sometimes we contact the school or the places where they are working, and they are not there. They are not working yet they keep claiming that they are being owed eight or nine months stipends.
“About 80 percent of them are not working yet they are claiming salaries.”
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