FG Gives Reasons For Delay In Payment Of N-Power Stipends

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, has disclosed the cause for the Federal Government’s delay in the payment of stipends to N-Power beneficiaries.

According to a statement by the minister, the monthly stipends for the N-Power beneficiaries was delayed due to some data verification issues.

Farouq, however, pointed out that the Ministry has in full the compiled list of all beneficiaries who have received their stipends before she was appointed into the ministry.

She said, “I know we had a complaint in October while we just got the NSIP into the ministry and we needed to understand the programme considering that it has been in existence before we came on board. We needed to understand before we start signing for a large amount of money and that was why we had the delay then.”

“Unfortunately, then we were operating with a director who was overseeing the office of the permanent secretary and then in January, we had a new permanent secretary who also had to understand the nature of the programme.”

Meanwhile, Naija News had reported in another news earlier that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has debunked rumours in certain places that the management of the scheme has diverted the February allowances of corps members to the fight against coronavirus disease.