200,000 N-Power Jobs Ready To Kick Off

 

The Presidency has announced that the selection process for the first batch of 200,000 Nigerians to be engaged in the N-Power process has been completed. Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande, said in a release that the applicants’ official engagement was awaiting the completion of Bank Verification Number (BVN) clearance.

According to him the verification is to ensure that the beneficiaries are paid directly; adding that no fewer than 500,000 Nigerians would be engaged in the job-creation scheme. He said the first selection was done by Presidency officials in collaboration with Ministries of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Health and other government agencies. He said 40 per cent was selected based on the number of applications per state; a special mark-up was made for the six states of the Northeast; and a discretionary addition for states with low numbers of applicants.

Said he:

 “we have designed a full-proof process that will ensure that the goods are delivered.“There would not be any middle-men and the payments to be made to the N-Power candidates, the monthly N5,000 to the poorest and most vulnerable among others would be paid directly to them.”

The Vice Presidential Spokesman noted the high level of enthusiasm shown in the social investment programme from every state of the federation.He added that the use of online method of application was to also avoid the awkward method of recruitment in the past that had resulted in deaths and injury to many applicants.

“As an administration noted for its transparency, we intend to fully keep Nigerians posted of all financial expenditure in line with extant laws of the country.”