N-Power Unpaid Stipends/NEXIT: 'Help Nigerian Youths' - Man To Shehu Sani

A Nigerian man, Kingsley Michael has asked Shehu Sani, the Senator who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th Senate to come to the aid of the exited N-Power Batches A and B beneficiaries.

AllNews reports that the exited N-Power batches A and B beneficiaries continue to express their dismay at the inaction of Nigerian authorities in respect of the owed stipends of exited beneficiaries and the delayed implementation of the NEXIT by the Federal Ministry of the Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.

Michael wrote on Twitter on Monday, "Help nigerian youths the exited Npower beneficiaries please. Don't be selfish sir."

He was replying to a tweet by the Kaduna politician in respect of the protests that happened at Gauraka community, Tafa LGA, Niger state, on Monday morning following the abduction of 30 persons by gunmen.

Gauraka community is located along Abuja-Kaduna highway.

Help nigerian youths the exited Npower beneficiaries please. Don't be selfish sir.

— Kingsley Micheal (@Kingsle68145267) May 24, 2021

Batches A and B beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s N-Power scheme had not long ago commenced an online protest in respect of their unpaid stipends from 2020 and the delayed implementation of the NEXIT by the FG.

AllNews understands that the online protest - orchestrated by the 36 States and FCT N-Power Representatives - has ended.

The demonstration became imminent following the expiration of the near four-week ultimatum given to the Ministry of the Humanitarian Affairs, which is headed by Sadiya Farouq.

Reason for the last online protest by former N-Power beneficiaries

Six months after the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development asked Batches A and B beneficiaries who are owed multiple months stipends to see their State Focal Person, Farouq, who heads the ministry has continued to ignore their cries.

More than 14,000 bonafide N-Power Batches A and B beneficiaries, who were disengaged from the scheme since July 2020 have not been paid their entitled stipends (many of them owed March to July, and Wema Bank users didn't get paid for June 2020). This, despite the revalidation exercise that happened in October 2020 across major Nigerian states.

Also, since releasing the NEXIT Portal on November 30, 2020 - four months after exiting N-Power Batches A and B beneficiaries, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development of Nigeria which is saddled with N-Power duties have not effected the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Empowerment Programme.

This is despite the fact that hundreds of ex-N-Power beneficiaries have logged on to the NEXIT portal and provided the required additional information for possible placements into the various CBN intervention options.

The ultimatum given by the N-Power representatives forum to the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry lapsed on Monday, 12th April 2021. Hence, the last online protests. Some of the hashtags deployed were #PayNPowerMoney, #APCDeceivedNpower and #ImplementOurNexitPlanNow.

Established in 2016, the N-Power scheme is one of the national social investment programmes of the federal government targeted at unemployed graduates who are engaged by the government and paid a N30,000 monthly stipend.