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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has directed that the online portal of the government’s job initiative, N-Power, be reopened June 17 to allow more unemployed Nigerians apply, the Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said.

Mrs. Ahmed advised youth to apply for the Federal Government’s National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP).

She told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday that the government would scale up the N-SIP to accommodate more beneficiaries.

N-SIP is a federal government programme aimed at reducing poverty and improving livelihoods of vulnerable groups such as the unemployed youths, women and children.

The government says the programme has so far empowered over 1.6 million Nigerians through its four components, namely; N-Power, National Home Grown School Feeding Programme, Conditional Cash Transfer, and Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme.

The minister said each component of the programme would be scaled up this year.

“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,” she said.

She said Mr. Osinbajo had directed that the online portal should be reopened on June 17 to give Nigerian youth opportunity to apply for the next batch.

“There is opportunity in the N-Power Programme for employment,” she said.

“There is opportunity in the GEEP for you to get finances to be able to start businesses.
“ Please this is real, it is working, the process and be a beneficiary,’’ she said.

The minister said the process was delayed initially because of the effort to eliminate fraudulent applicants and to make the process transparent.

She said the programme had not been able to attain its set target because of the delay in starting its actual 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 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,’’ the minister said.

Mrs. Ahmed said the programme was showcased at the second year commemorative event of the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari on May 29.

She said that the event, with the theme: “A Smile for Every Nigerian,’’ recorded testimonies of beneficiaries across the country.

“We are thanking God for witnessing the confirmation that the work we have done is actually yielding results.

“ Prior to now, we are getting a report on paper that shows the number of beneficiaries but we have seen and heard the testimonies of the beneficiaries at the event,’’ Ahmed said.
(NAN)

http://www.timesng.com/news/headlines/232756-osinbajo-orders-nigerian-govt-job-portal-opened.html

Chop knuckle.....osinbajo fr 2019..... Biafra pple...oya cum and bite me

Mrs. Ahmed advised youth to apply for the Federal Government’s National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP).

She told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday that the government would scale up the N-SIP to accommodate more beneficiaries.

N-SIP is a federal government programme aimed at reducing poverty and improving livelihoods of vulnerable groups such as the unemployed youths, women and children.

The government says the programme has so far empowered over 1.6 million Nigerians through its four components, namely; N-Power, National Home Grown School Feeding Programme, Conditional Cash Transfer, and Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme.

lalasticlala...... let get unemployed citizens informed about the government polices and how the acting president is keeping them in mind

Acting mere commissioner orders reopening of N-Power job portal for more scam

Okay sir

Good one

holuwajobar:
Chop knuckle.....osinbajo fr 2019..... Biafra pple...oya cum and bite me

wetin come concern Biafra here now?

Fair enough! Up till now, I no free encourage people because I read that the salary is peanut!

them go still put their people first ..

june 17th is still too far

Pls continue your good work Prof. before baba comes back

H

Good he is really acting mehn,more grace to your elbow

Thumb half up for the government..at least they recognise that there are unemployed and vulnerable people out there that need help, and are trying to do something about it.


Unlike what we had in the past when they spit on us and told us it's raining.

#my2kobo

Osibanjo you are good,keep up the good work sir.

Ok sir
Take God Buhari is on long holiday
Our new president in action.
Make ewedu tree no come back till 2019 ooooooh

Someone pls explain this N-Power stuff for me and all it ENTAILS



THANKS!

Nice move

God

Okay. waIting!!!!

Wow! That's cool.

Osinbajo,please return this serve

Without being sentimental and aside tribalism you can all agree with me that this man is really active. He's always on the news for good reasons almost every blessed day. Pls give it up to him

This man if them make you President you go CHANGE. na so una dey do...Jonathan do wetin all this show up during Yarudua.

Thank you PMB & PYO for giving me hope. I have been receiving my 30k since December

Half bread is better than none...I can't wait for the 17th.
30k monthly is a slim bread but can sure get a bag of rice and some other commodities one needs to survive.
If its only this one I achieve from this govt then so be it.
I will still prepare my voters card and vote out buhari..that is if nature doesn't run its course before den.
Yemi osibanjo is a good man...I just pray he gets the chance to rule us properly.

Mstwwww . What about Second Batch So now you APC people are indirectly telling us (Nigerian)s that there isn't direct Government Job for Us

Any beneficiary from APC mouth I hate it.

Dem never pay the ones they employed

holuwajobar:
Chop knuckle.....osinbajo fr 2019..... Biafra pple...oya cum and bite me

U wicked ooo, whr u want put Baba na?


Abi u want "must rule people" kill u?

Wiseandtrue:
Fair enough! Up till now, I no free encourage people because I read that the salary is peanut!

I no go mumu self say I wan apply

IhateAfonjas:

Acting mere commissioner orders reopening of N-Power job portal for more scam

How much did you paid to apply for the first recruitment to call this one scam?
You think its ur mumu hero scam recruitment that innocent life were lost after paying 1k to the federal government