Brand News Day Nigeria reports that the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq on Wednesday disclosed that the Federal Government is committing the sum of over N5.9 billion on training, tooling and monthly stipends for the Batch C beneficiaries of N-Power programme in Kano State.
This was as she said about 16,629 youths were currently benefiting from the programme (under Batch C) in the state while about 18,042 had benefitted in the Batch A and B of the programme.
The Minister stated this during the closing ceremony for about 177 youths beneficiaries who undergo training in Smart Phone Repairs and Services under the N-Skills programme, a component of the N-Power programme in Kano State.
Farouq represented by Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on N-Skills, Dr Nasiru Mahmoud however sounded words of warning to the N-Skills beneficiaries not to sell starter packs handed over to them after the programme which was well conceived to take out of unemployment and turn them to employers of labour.
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Brand News Day reports that NPower through the NASIMS management on Friday has commenced NPower Batch C February 2022 Stipend Payment
Among such efforts is the commencement of processes for the payment of February 2022 Stipends by the Ministry.
The National Social Investment Management System (NASIMS) has today announced that it has initiated payment of February 2022 Stipend to the Batch C Stream Npower beneficiaries, which would be processed by the beneficiaries’ banks, and would drop into their Bank accounts shortly.
The January 2022 Stipend Payment to the Batch C Stream 1 Npower beneficiaries which was slowed down by the Easter Holidays has touched down the bank accounts of many of the Batch C Npower beneficiaries, paving way for the initiation of the February 2022 Stipend Payment.
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Brand News Day Nigeria reports that Nasims has given an update on failed January Stipends payment and says that batch C1 beneficiaries who experience failed January payments on their Nasims payroll dashboard should not panic that they will be paid. Read details below!
Nasims Wrote:
FAILED JANUARY PAYMENTS TO BE REINITIATED.
This online news platform understands that the National Social Investment Management System (NASIMS) in the statement titled: “BLANK DASHBOARD/PAYROLL”, told all Batch C NPower beneficiaries experiencing blank dashboard/payroll and have not been able to ascertain their status, to kindly try any of the four processes.
