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 also stated that investigations conducted by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) following the omission indicated that some beneficiaries were also getting salaries from other federal government MDAs.
However, speaking in Abuja during a workshop organised by the ministry on effective media reporting of the humanitarian sector, the minister said: “I don’t think we still have the issue of N-Power backlog. We have sorted that out with the office of the Accountant General of the Federation.
The Minister also hinted that it will commence the payment of N5, 000 each to one million urban workers in the informal sector.
