Tag: N-Power

1.4m N-Power beneficiaries threaten ‘no pay -no vote’ against Tinubu

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N Power beneficiaries threaten Tinubu

No fewer than 1,495,571 beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s N-Power programme have issued a 10-day ultimatum to the government, demanding the immediate payment of their outstanding stipends. The beneficiaries, speaking through their national leadership in an issued statement dated March 9, 2026, expressed deep frustration over what they described as the prolonged failure of the government to settle payments owed to them under the youth empowerment scheme. According to the statement, beneficiaries across the country have endured severe economic hardship for more than three years due to the non-payment of…

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Tinubu sets up special panel to probe N-Power, other social investment programmes

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President Bola Tinubu has formed a six-ministerial committee to reform the Federal Government’s National Social Intervention Programme (NSIP). The establishment of the committee follows the suspension of the program by Tinubu, a week after the suspension of the Minister of Charities and Charities, Dr. Betta Edu. The President suspended Edu after removing the leader of Economic Development for the Poor, Hajiya Halima Shehu. Edu was accused of diverting 585.2 million naira into the bank account of a government employee. In a statement issued by the Presidential Press Officer, Ajuri Ngelale,…

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FG suspends N-Power programme indefinitely,begins investigation

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The Federal Government has announced the indefinite suspension of the N-Power programme. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, made the announcement while featuring on a TVC news programme yesterday. She said the decision was birthed by some irregularities within the scheme, noting that the government has launched investigation into the utilization of funds since the programme began. The Minister claimed that some of the beneficiaries are not found in their place of assignments yet they expect monthly stipends. According to her, some of the beneficiaries ought to…

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‘FG to rejig N-Power scheme, pay beneficiaries’ – Minister Edu

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The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, says plans are underway to rejig the N-Power scheme to accommodate more people and ensure prompt payment of beneficiaries’ stipends. Edu disclosed this in a statement issued yesterday by her Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Rasheed Zubair, in Abuja. The statement reported the Minister as saying that the challenges faced by N-Power beneficiaries in terms of delay in payment of their stipends would soon be addressed. “We will change the modalities so that people will get their delayed stipends,…

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N-Power Stipends: Handlers assures payment “is still in progress”

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The National Social Investment Management System, (NASIMS), has assured N-Power beneficiaries that payment is still in progress. The payment of N30, 000 monthly stipends is usually made to graduate beneficiaries of the N-Power scheme, through the National Social Investment Management System (NASIMS), which is the central management platform for the administration and coordination of Social Investment Programmes (SIPs) under the ministry of humanitarian affairs, disaster management, and social development. The federal government, through NASIMS, yesterday, said payment of backlogs is gradually being made for N-Power Batch C-2 beneficiaries. According to…

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FG flags-off commencement of N-Power Batch-C programme 

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The Federal Government, yesterday flagged-off the commencement of N-Power Batch-C across the country, with 510 enrollees participating in Stream-1 of the Youth Empowerment Scheme. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiyya Umar Farouq, who flagged-off the event in Abuja, said another 490 enrollees would be engaged in the Batch-C, Stream-2 to be flagged-off at a later date. While explaining that N-Power volunteer graduates were entitled to a monthly stipend of N30,000 for a period of one year, she said non-graduate beneficiaries were entitled to N10,000 monthly…

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“We’ll feed 5m additional school pupils” – Sadiyya Farouq

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The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiyya Umar Farouq, has said that the Federal Government will enrol an additional 5 million pupils into its National Home Grown School Feeding Programme, (NHGSFP), by 2023. The expected new intakes are to add to the existing over 9 million pupils, who are already benefiting from the programme. The Special Assistant to the Minister on Corporate Communications, Mrs. Halima Oyelade, said yesterday, that the Minister disclosed this during a stakeholders’ meeting for the enumeration of beneficiaries and scaling-up of the…

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FG announces Batch-C of its N-power programme

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The Federal Government has announced that a total of 550,000 applicants have been shortlisted for the Batch-C of its N-Power intervention programme. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiyya Umar Farouq, made this known at a news briefing in Abuja. The minister stated that the 550,000 short-listed applicants were selected through the National Social Investment Management System, (NASIMS) and have been contacted through their e-mail addresses after which they can enroll their bio-metric data which would lead them to the final selection. The Minister also announced…

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“We’ve paid all N-Power beneficiaries”, Says FG

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The Federal Government, yesterday, said all outstanding payments of the N-Power beneficiaries have been made. About 14,000 beneficiaries of the Batches A and B who were exited last year were not paid their five month’s allowances. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster management and Social development, Sadiyya Farouq, last year directed those affected to report to their various State’s Focal Persons for verification and re-validation.The directive was given by the Minister as part of efforts to resolve unpaid stipends withheld due to discrepancies in records of the beneficiaries. The Minister…

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FG begins selection of N-Power Batch-C applicants

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The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiyya Farouq, yesterday announced the commencement of the selection process for the N-Power Batch-C applicants.  Farouq said: “The N-Power Batch C as launched today is structured to onboard one million new beneficiaries, beginning with an initial 500,000 beneficiaries in the first stream, and a subsequent 500,000 in a second stream, all aligned to the National policy drive of lifting 100 million people out of abject poverty in 10 years.  The minister further said the ministry has launched a portal, National…

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