Tag: N-Power
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PDP protests as APC mandates N-Power beneficiaries to attend ‘thank you rallies’ for Buhari, Osinbajo
The Peoples Democratic Party in Plateau State has protested against the invitation of the beneficiaries of the N-Power programme to attend a campaign rally of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Jos on Friday. Our correspondent learnt that text messages were on Friday sent to the beneficiaries of the scheme, an idea initiated by the…
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N-Power to accommodate 1m beneficiaries – Osinbajo
The N-Power programme of the Buhari-led administration will be expanded to accommodate 1 million beneficiaries in the next phase, Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo says. Osinbajo said this in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice-President, Mr Laolu Akande in Abuja on Tuesday. Akande quoted Osinbajo as having…
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N-Power graduates to receive stipends beyond 2018 – FG
The Federal Government has decided to continue paying the stipends of the N-Power 2016 Batch 1 beneficiaries beyond the expiry month of December 2018, the presidency said. The statement issued by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Office of the Vice President, on Monday in Abuja, said funding for…
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N-Power: Group wants FG to offer permanent appointment to beneficiaries
Buhari/Osinbajo solidarity Forum, an NGO fronting for re-election of President Buhari and Osinbajo towards better Nigeria, has called on the Federal Government to offer permanent and pensionable appointment to N-Power beneficiaries in the country. Malam Mahmood Jalo, Secretary Gombe State Chapter of the forum, made the appeal in Gombe on Wednesday in a news briefing…
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N-Power: Police avert bloody clash between Buhari, Fayose’s supporters in Ekiti
A timely intervention by the Police and other security agencies prevented what would have been a bloody clash between youths groups supporting President Muhammadu Buhari and those rooting for Governor Ayo Fayose on Saturday. The Buhari supporters who are beneficiaries of the Npower scheme had gathered at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) for…
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FG debunks re-opening N-Power recruitment portal
The Federal Government has cautioned youths against being duped by scammers that are claiming they have jobs to offer through the N-Power programme. A `disclaimer’ message by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation, Afolabi Imoukhuede, indicated that at no time of recent that the Federal Government re-opened the N-Power recruitment portal.…
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FG warns against fake N-Power recruitment portal
The Federal Government has cautioned youths against being duped by scammers that are claiming they have jobs to offer through the N-Power programme. A `disclaimer’ message made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation, Mr Afolabi Imoukhuede, indicated that at no time of…
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Osinbajo extends N-Power application by two weeks
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has extended the 2017 N-Power application by two weeks. According to a statement by the Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation, Afolabi Imoukhuede, the application portal will now close on July 27. The Acting President, while extending the two-week grace period, assured Nigerians that the selection process would be…
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2.3million youths apply for 300,000 N-Power jobs – Osinbajo
The acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, disclosed that 2.3 million youths have so far applied for the 300,000 jobs that are still available under the Federal Government’s N-Power scheme since the portal was reopened in June. Osinbajo disclosed this to journalists when he visited the scheme’s Response Centre in Abuja. Under the scheme,…
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FG begins 2017/2018 N-Power recruitment
The Federal government on Monday announced the commencement of recruitment into the 2017/2018 phase of its empowerment programme, N-Power. The announcement was disclosed on N-Power’s website, where it invited qualified members of the general public to apply for full-time empowerment. The message reads, “It said interested candidates should send a scanned copy of their CV…