N-Power: 'Pay 14, 200 Beneficiaries 5-Month Stipend As Promised' - Nigerian Youths Tell Farouq

Erstwhile beneficiaries of the Nigerian government's famed scheme - N-Power, continue to besiege the cyberspace to express their utter displeasure with the manner in which Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, is handling the programme, AllNews reports.

Since assuming office in 2019, Farouq is often accused of delaying N-Power beneficiaries' stipends unnecessarily, and she is being criticised by some of the exited Batch A and B beneficiaries for 'ejecting them from the famed scheme without a proper plan in place'.

Numerous N-Power beneficiaries (between the ages of 18 and 39) have described Minister Farouq's portfolio (Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management) as an aberration, rechristening the Zamfara-born politician the 'Disaster Minister'.

In fact, as at the time of publishing this report, hundreds of exited N-Power beneficiaries have not been paid their N30, 000 (79 US Dollars) stipend for multiple months.

It would be recalled that in a Twitter poll conducted by prominent online news agency, Sahara Reporters earlier this year, Farouq was conveniently voted the worst-performing minister in President Muhammadu Buhari's administration (4th Batch).

This amid ceaseless complaints by beneficiaries of the famed N-Power scheme, a core component of Nigeria's National Social Investment Programmes (NSIPs).

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See some recent reactions from genuine N-Power beneficiaries below:

Over five hundred thousand Disengaged Nigerian youths in npower is crying for help over unpaid backlogs of stipends 5months now, 2months after account verification yet no sign of payment @Sadiya_farouq @FMHDSD @NHGSFP @npower_ng @MBuhari https://t.co/xXPwzKc6SI

— Ikechukwu (@Ikechuk28589080) December 13, 2020

Pay us our five months backlog @exited npower beneficiaries https://t.co/kBnaock26G

— Dim Stephen (@DimStephen4) December 14, 2020

Dear @Sadiya_farouq , pay 14200 @npower_ng beneficiaries 5months stipends as promised by you. The year is fast running to an end. Stop the corruption and pay them.

Thank you!

— Aremu Ridwan (@REALLUCAS20) December 14, 2020

Our prayers are with the over 14200 Npower volunteers whom you intentionally subjected to hardships as a result of non-payment of their 5months stipends. Please do well and pay them and stop the corruption.

— Sintali (@SintaliMuhammad) December 14, 2020

Dear @Sadiya_farouq
, pay 14200 @npower_ng
beneficiaries 5months stipends as promised by you. The year is fast running to an end. Stop the corruption and pay them.

Thank you! https://t.co/x3mwSD5a3q

— Femi (@Femi49629928) December 14, 2020

Mrs. Sadiya your among those cripping, damaging, and spoiling our administration which we vote with all our heart, by holding innocent NPower beneficiary their 5month stipends which will not be of benefit for you here& hereafter. Pls think world is just a small place& limit time

— Ahmed Garba Ibrahim (@AhmedGarbaIbra2) December 14, 2020

#pls madam pay us 5 mouth Npower https://t.co/LJw7qXPxkE

— Abdul Khalifa (@AbdulKh90768887) December 14, 2020

Please pay the exited npower beneficiaries the 5months stipends you owe and promised to pay since October. The year is coming to an end. Pay them so they can move on. Most of them can't even register in the nexit program. Pls pay up so they can start something.

— Winibuy (@IkhineWinifred) December 14, 2020