N-Power: Over 400,000 youth enrolled in social investment programmes - Minister

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The Nigerian government says 473,137 Nigerian youth have been enrolled into its National Social Investment Programme.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, said this when members of the House of Representatives Committee on Poverty Alleviation visited her on Monday, DailyNigerian reported.The ministry, in February, had disclosed plans to overhaul the N-Power scheme, school feeding programme and other National Social Investment Programmes .

Ms Umar-Farouq said that the HGSFP team had recently concluded its work plan for 2020, adding that the programme has started in Kwara State. Speaking earlier, the chairman of the House committee, Abdullahi Salame, said poverty was the root cause of crime in society. “There is the need to appreciate the critical role of poverty alleviation in the quest to achieve social and national development as well as violence and crime control,” Mr Salame said.The programme was set up by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration in 2016 to improve the living conditions of millions of poor Nigerians across the country.

Of all the NSIPs, N-Power is perhaps the most abused by beneficiaries through incessant absenteeism from duty posts.

 

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473,137 npower beneficiaries? How is it possible when 18000 resigned, more than 2000 have so far been sacked, not including the dead beneficiaries, and those screened out. Taking this sinking ship away from the vice president is a disasterous disservice to this nation

Lies

For where? Nigeria? Please stop this lies

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