ALL IS NOW SET FOR THE deployment of 200,000 unemployed graduates selected
in the first batch of the Buhari administration’s plan to hire half a
million Nigerians.
While the 200,000 have been selected about two weeks ago, their names have
now been sent to state governments and the FCT who would deploy them to
their specific programme assignments. The names would also be published
this week on the N-Power internet portal, while the participants would
start receiving SMS messages informing them of their selection as from
Monday November 21, 2016.
State governments and the FCT are also encouraged to post the names of the
successful first batch applicants in their local government areas while
there would be further public announcements.
Between now and the end of the month, the states and the FCT would be
engaged in deploying the graduates who would formally start working and
earning their stipends on December 1, 2016.
Of the 200,000 first batch, 150,000 of them would teach, 30,000 would work
in the Agric sector and 20,000 in Healthcare delivery covering the three
specific programme assignments.
The N-Power Volunteer Corps is an expression of President Muhammadu
Buhari’s commitment to invest in the human capital development of Nigerian
citizens, particularly our young people. The N-Power programmme is also an
innovative means to enhance ailing public services in the area of basic
education and primary healthcare. Also in the agric sector, it is aimed at
achieving self-sufficiency by giving our farmers relevant advisory
services.
The Federal Government of Nigeria hereby congratulates all 200,000
successful applicants in the first batch, and they are encouraged to take
this opportunity seriously by learning the skills that will brighten their
future. They are also implored to serve their communities with commitment
and dedication.
For those who have not been selected at this time, there is a waiting list
based on the total number of applicants, and subsequent batches will
absorb more of the qualified applicants.
All together, the N-Power will engage and train 500,000 young unemployed
graduates. It is a paid volunteering programme of a 2-year duration that
engages graduates in their immediate communities, where they will assist
in improving the inadequacies in the education, health, and agriculture
sectors.
The 500,000 graduates under the N-Power Corps programme will be trained in
skills that will enable them exit after two years to economically viable
job and business opportunities.
As part of the programme, the participnts would own tablets that will
contain information necessary for their specific engagements, as well as
information for their continuous training and developments.
Participants will be provided teaching, instructional, and advisory
solutions in 4 main focus areas, and will be paid a monthly stipend of
N30,000 during the programme. The 4 main focus areas are in basic
education, agriculture extension services, public health and community
education (civic and adult education).
Besides the N-Power programme for undergraduates, there are other schemes
for non-graduates. These are: N-Power Knowledge, which would select 25,000
young Nigerians and N-Power Build 75,000, all of whom shall be trained
and paid during the duration of the scheme.