N-Power: Political Analyst Points Out What FG Failed To Do

As the Nigerian government keeps on with the N-Power programme, a political analyst and social commentator, Comrade Mustapha Kabir Soron Dinki says the Federal Government 'failed to relate the means to end, AllNews reports.

Dinki, who was an N-Power beneficiary, via his known Twitter handle on Tuesday argued that the N30, 000 monthly stipends paid to the erstwhile beneficiaries was "too small for personal saving".

Recall that Batch A beneficiaries exited the programme on June 30 after four years in the famed scheme, while their Batch B counterparts officially made their exit on July 31st - after two years.

Meanwhile, these Nigerian youths were exited from the N-Power scheme by the FG without being paid their stipends for the months of June and July. Plus, they are currently in the dark regarding their exit/transition package.

Npower is the most greatest achievement of APC in Nigeria. The scheme is not an end but means to it. How to relate the means to end is what FG fails to do. The stipend is too small for personal saving. Review the scheme for better outcome.@Sadiya_farouq @Npower_Reps @NCDCgov pic.twitter.com/lEN4Nuc3ma

— MK S Dinki (@DinkiMk) August 4, 2020

N-Power initiative

The N-Power was introduced in 2016 as part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), aimed at curbing the incessant increase of unemployment and poverty in the country.

Apart from the monthly stipends, some Batch A beneficiaries were given tablet computers to aid further learning. N-Power had five components, which are N-Teach, N-Tax, N-Health, N-Agro, and N-Build.

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Out of the SIP components, the N-Teach subcomponent is the most popular, due to a large number of youth deployed to teach in public schools.