Federal government says the N-Power beneficiaries would be exited before the end of the year 2020. This was disclosed by the minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Sadiya Farouq
Farouq explained that the programme is put in place to support our teeming unemployed youth, especially the graduates, saying that the first batch was supposed to have been exited at the end of the year 2018.
She also noted that the wise among the beneficiaries must have saved from their monthly stipends to cater for the future.
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According to her, “I don’t know why there is fear, we know that the government had this programme in place to support our teeming unemployed youth, especially the graduates and it is supposed to be a two years programme.
“We started with the first batch in 2016 and they were supposed to have been exited in 2018 and we want to believe that most of them that are wise must have saved really from this stipend that they are been paid every month.
“Also, they must have learned some skills, so, I don’t think we should have this panic that these people don’t know their fate, they don’t know their future. From the onset (outset) they know that this programme would not be there forever.
“For us as a ministry, we are looking at all options as for the planned exit. We are not going to exit them and leave them to their fate.
“We have options and we are exploring these options with critical stakeholders to see how we can have a futuristic exit for these people so that they can have something to fall back to go and continue with their lives.
“We hope that before the end of this year, we should come up with a concrete exit plan for them.”
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