Monday, November 13, 2017

N-Power: Presidency deploys 176,160 graduates.

                  N-Power
David Oladele
The federal government disclosed the total number of graduate beneficiaries deployed under the N-Power programme - The government said the total number of graduate beneficiaries is 176,160 - It noted that they are from all 36 states, including the FCT The federal government has disclosed that a total of 176,160 graduate beneficiaries have been deployed under its Social Investment Programme, N-Power. According to Punch, this figure was contained in a book entitled: ‘‘Making Steady, Sustainable Progress for Nigeria’s Peace and Prosperity: A Mid-Term Report Card on the Buhari Administration’’ co-authored by the presidential media team. It was learnt that the book is expected to be presented by All Progressives Congress, APC, National leader, Bola Tinubu on November 16.  It was stated in the book that N-Power programme, reached 200,000 graduate beneficiaries from all 36 states, including the FCT. The book read that out of the 25,840 selected applicants, 11, 884 beneficiaries were disqualified after physical verification or had incomplete records, adding that the remaining 13,956 beneficiaries were absent from physical verification. Also, the book said in other to ensure gender balance, 46 per cent of the total 200,000 beneficiaries selected were female while 1, 126 applicants with disabilities were also picked. . According to the book, a centralized project management unit was currently being set up to carry out monitoring and evaluation of the programme across the country. In addition to this, a memorandum of understanding has been signed with the national orientation agency to also carry out monitoring and evaluation in all 36 states, including the FCT. Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that the government debunked claims that it released names of successful candidates for its 2017 N-Power scheme. FG said it is irresponsible for news organizations to publish unverified stories.

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