N-Power Transition: '#EndSARS Protests Won't Interrupt Our Struggle'

A Nigerian social commentator and ex-N-Power beneficiary, Mustapha Kabir Soron Dinki has vowed that the ongoing End SARS protests in major parts of Nigeria 'will not interrupt our struggle', AllNews reports.

Dinki, who is a foremost youth leader in Kano State, has been vocal with his call for undelayed transition for the exited Batch A and B N-Power beneficiaries.

Recall that Batch A beneficiaries exited the N-Power 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 are currently in the dark regarding their exit/transition package.

Dinki, via his known Twitter handle stated on Wednesday that "we are waiting for the government day-and-night to fulfil its promise".

EndSARSprotest won't interrupt our struggle. We will never surrender to Npower transition delay. We are waiting for the Government day-and-night to fulfil it's promise. @Sadiya_farouq @FMHDSD @Npower_Reps @npowerite @MBuhari @femigbaja @DrAhmadLawan @ZShamsuna @cent @FemAdesina pic.twitter.com/ut23UjH4Ze

— MK S Dinki (@DinkiMk) October 20, 2020

In another post a few moments later, Dinki asked the apex government to "transit us to survive".

We don't care about EndSARSprotest than Npower transition plan. As such, the former doesn't divert our attentions from the latter in anyway. Transit us to survive. @Sadiya_farouq @FMHDSD @Npower_Reps @npowerite @NpowerGreats @info_npvn @MBuhari @femigbaja @DrAhmadLawan @ZShamsuna pic.twitter.com/mrE6STcrcc

— MK S Dinki (@DinkiMk) October 20, 2020

The popular N-Power Scheme

According to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, the famed N-Power programme has since inception trained over 500,000 beneficiaries in various vocational areas - farming, agro-processing, financial literacy, communication, digital skills amongst a host of others.

READ ALSO: Steps For N-Power Beneficiaries To Earn Lifetime Income

It adds that many beneficiaries "have gone on to set up businesses within their communities as a result of their training and time in the N-Power Programme."

The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs is currently in the process of recruiting Batch C.

#EndSARS Protests in Nigeria

Protests have spread across Africa's most populous country for two weeks, after a video allegedly showing an officer of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) shooting a young man in Ughelli, Delta State, spread across social media, relaunching the viral hashtag #EndSARS.

Despite the dissolving of SARS, the campaign has snowballed, with calls for wider police reforms and instant good governance.

Unrest across Lagos on Tuesday and Wednesday spread as outrage escalated over a shooting incident on peaceful demonstrators against police brutality at Lekki Toll Gate that left many injured and at least one person dead.