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N-Power: 200,000 Employed, Another 300,000 Pre-Selected

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The Presidency on Tuesday disclosed that 200,000 Nigerians are already benefiting from the N-Power scheme while another 300,000 have been pre-selected for the next phase of the programme

The presidency further revealed that no fewer than 6.8 million Nigerians out of the projected 10 million have so far benefited from the National Social Investment Programme.

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According to the statement, the figure represents nearly 70 per cent success rate in the implementation of the National Social Investment Programme.

Mr Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, made this known in a press release.

On the N-Power scheme, Akande said 200,000 volunteers were recruited nationwide while another set of 300,000 graduate volunteers have been pre-selected for the next round of the programme.

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“When fully engaged half a million unemployed graduates would have been engaged receiving their N30,000 monthly stipend and equipped with an electronic device that prepares them with new skills and ideas beyond the duration of the N-Power.

“The volunteers are being engaged for N-Agro, the agricultural component of the scheme, N-Tax, designed to support the FIRS, N-Health and the N-Teach.’’

He added: “Under the N-Build, 10,000 artisans were verified, supplied with toolboxes for three months training and assigned to 160 skills centres in 22 states.

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“No fewer than 20,000 persons are about to take off in hardware, creativity and software category training.

“In addition, the cost-benefit analysis of the programme indicates that a careful implementation of the programmes would deliver a positive return to the country’s GDP both in the short and long terms.’’

The statement further revealed that besides the 6.8 million direct beneficiaries, 1.75 million persons comprising cooks, farmers, Poor and Vulnerable Household members, have also benefited from the social investment programme of the federal government.

He noted that all the 36 states of the federation and the FCT are participating actively in at least one aspect of the programme.