The Federal Government is reportedly working out a plan centered on “disengaging” over 200,000 beneficiaries of the government’s social intervention programme, N-Power.
President Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Social Investment, Maryam Uwais who disclosed this in an interview on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) said they are currently brainstorming with the Ministry of Finance on the next move.
“We are trying to see how we can address some of these gaps through these N-power beneficiaries that are meant to be disengaged by end of the year,” Uwais said.
“We are looking out loans to be made available to them, it has not be finalized yet with the finance ministry,” she added.
In a 2018 statement, the government said: “The 2016 beneficiaries will proceed into an enhancement programme as you continue to give your service and earn your monthly stipend.”
The government’s plans however have remained unclear. 2016 N-Power beneficiaries had observed a message on their personal dashboards last week, outlining that they had options of transitioning to community police, teaching, farming and mobile agents and access to 100,000 naira loan to start a community business.
However, there’s no official statement about the transition yet.
