The portal of Federal Government's job initiative, N-power has been directed to be opened on June 17 by Acting President, Yemi Osibano.
This was disclosed by
the Minister of State, Budget and Planning, Zainab Ahmed on Tuesday in Abuja.
Ahmed said the FG
will ensure the programme accommodated more beneficiaries this year, while
encouraging youths to apply for the programme.
She also stated that
the government’s National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP), has empowered
over 1.6 million Nigerians so far.
“For example, in
N-Power Scheme that 200,000 beneficiaries have been employed, we are supposed
to increase it to 500,000 beneficiaries in 2017.
There is opportunity
in the N-Power Programme for employment. There is opportunity in the GEEP for
you to get finances to be able to start businesses. Please, this is real, it is
working, join the process and be a beneficiary,” the Minister said.
Ahmed added that the
programme has not attained its set target, because of the delay in
implementation.
“The deployment,
release of funds didn’t start till October 2016; and it is so because we want
to make sure that the programme is planned properly.
“We want to make sure
that each beneficiary has bank account linked to BVN; we are targeting the
right people, not just people nominated by big people.
“That took a lot of
time, but we thank God that the programme is going on well and it is now easier
to upscale it,” she explained.
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