A foremost youth leader in Kano State, Mustapha Kabir Soron Dinki has asserted that it is “pathetic” that the Nigerian government can exit N-Power beneficiaries without giving them any package nor transiting them into entrepreneurial programme, Equity News reports.
Recall that Batch A beneficiaries exited the N-Power programme on June 30 after four years in the famed scheme, while their Batch B counterparts officially made their exit on July 31st – after two years.
Meanwhile, these Nigerian youths are currently in the dark regarding their exit/transition package.
Dinki, who was an N-Power beneficiary, via his known Twitter handle argued on Thursday that the Nigerian youths should be made comfortable.
It's pathetic to exit Npower beneficiaries empty-handedly. @Sadiya_farouq @FMHDSD @Npower_Reps @npowerite @NpowerGreats @info_npvn @MBuhari @femigbaja @DrAhmadLawan @ZShamsuna @cent @SaharaReporters @channelstv @elrufai @FemAdesina @daily_trust @MobilePunch @DailyPostNGR https://t.co/Kc8WMbwDE0 pic.twitter.com/drhaZhziow
— MK S Dinki (@DinkiMk) October 15, 2020
Despite the increase in inflation, @NigeriaGov @MBuhari @ProfOsinbajo @NGRPresident still disengage 500,000 Npower Youth.#EndBadGovernanceinNIGERIA #EndSWAT #EndNpowerDisengagementNow#EndNpowerDisengagementNow#EndNpowerDisengagementNow#EndNpowerDisengagementNow
RT pic.twitter.com/GVUX4rweUK— HENRY IFY (@OsaihHenry) October 15, 2020
The N-Power Programme
According to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, the famed N-Power programme has since inception trained over 500,000 beneficiaries in various vocational areas – farming, agro-processing, financial literacy, communication, digital skills amongst a host of others.
It adds that many beneficiaries “have gone on to set up businesses within their communities as a result of their training and time in the N-Power Programme.”
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs is currently in the process of recruiting Batch C.
