N-Power Representatives Forum Provides Important Update On 'Mega Protest'

 

The 36-state N-Power Representatives Forum has postponed the proposed 'mega protest' at the National Assembly (NASS) headquarters scheduled for Thursday in Abuja 'due to the parliament's recess', AllNews reports.

The protest - over unpaid three-month stipends - is now rescheduled for 25th June 2020 at NASS by 9 am, a statement on the known Twitter handle of the panel reads on Wednesday afternoon.

 

POSTPONEMENT OF NPOWER VOLUNTEERS PROTEST AT NASS.
The 36 States and FCT N-Power Representatives Forum wish to postpone the proposed Protest at NASS due to the house recess. The house is meant to resume 23rd of June, 2020.

— 36 STATES & FCT N-POWER REPS FORUM (@Npower_Reps) June 17, 2020

 

The protest is hereby rescheduled for 25th June, 2020 at NASS by 9am. Volunteers are enjoined to turn out enmas wearing face masks.
Best Regards!

[Nat. Media Team]
For: 36 States and FCT N-Power Representatives Forum

17-06-2020

— 36 STATES & FCT N-POWER REPS FORUM (@Npower_Reps) June 17, 2020

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The graduate volunteers who are entitled to N30, 000 monthly pay said the non-payment of their stipends has subjected them to untold hardship in the wake of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis.

Comrade Kabiru Aliyu Pelemi, the Acting National Coordinator of N-Power State Ambassadors is expected to lead the protest and will speak the minds of his colleagues.

The Federal Ministry of humanitarian affairs, disaster management, and social development, headed by Hajiya Sadiya Farouq is saddled with NSIP duties. The famed N-Power scheme is among.