Laolu Akande, spokesman of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, says the N30,000 salary offered to each of the newly-recruited graduates is “better than nothing”.
Akande said this while responding to TheCable’s question on why the federal government would place graduates on such a meager income.
“Is it not better than nothing?” he asked.
In the buildup to the 2015 election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) had promised to create jobs every year.
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While a version of the promise said 720,000 jobs, another pledged 3 million.
Critics had attacked the government for not fulfilling that promise since it came into office.
But in his first democracy day broadcast, President Muhammadu Buhari promised that the recruitment process for N-power Teachers Corps, which targeted 500,000 unemployed graduates would soon begin.
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Few weeks later, the presidency announced applications for the corps.
In about 36 hours, npower.gov.ng, the internet portal through which applications were being submitted, had received 35 million hits, out of which 403,528 registrations were successful.
“We are very pleased that the registrations have been taking place without any hitches or system failures, considering the volume of response. All together the website has received over 35 million hits since Saturday midnight,” Afolabi Imoukhede, senior special assistant to the president on job creation, had said in a statement.
The statement quoted Akande to have said: “We have been very impressed by the enthusiastic response to the call for applications. As at noon on Monday June 13, only 36 hours after the launch of the portal, 403,528 applicants have successfully registered on the site and were in the middle of completing the application process.”
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According to the government, N-power Teachers Corps is subdivided into N-power Agro, N-power health, N-power teach, and N-power Community education, which is expected to engage and train 500,000 young unemployed graduates.
The first batch of 200,000 have been employed.
13 comments
Your comment..half a loaf is better than npne
I thank FG for dis programme, but me have not been paid the December salary, i am from Rivers state, i ve done all the necessary verification.
I want to say a very big thank you to the Federal government for this npower programme & to My Beloved president,President Bughari,I say thank You Sir,,More grease to your elbow Sir,,Na you we know Sir,thank you for selecting me among the Lucky ???? Beneficiaries of npower & I have received my December salary alert,,Thank You Federal Government!!!!!
I thank the FG.for this programme,and i thank GOD to be among the lucky ones.but unlike my colleages from other states that are jumping up with praises to the FG.with their december salary, here in taraba state, we dont know what is happening.
pls, I have not received my our 30k and I don’t no what the problem is
I am so glad to say thanks to FG, specifically to my mr. president for paying me my 30k npower.
Good day sir, I am glad for the N-Power program but till now am yet to receive my December stipend. what should I do.
From Ogun state.
Your comment..OKEH JOSEPH IHEDUM
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VERIFICATION DATE: DECEMBER 19TH 2016
PROGRAMME: N POWER TEACH
STATE: IMO
L. G. A: OHAJI/ EGBEMA
Sir, I have done all I suppose to but I did not receive December salary
Here in Benue state we are yet to receive the npower December payment. the question is,are we going to be part of the payment? most of npower teachers are already going on with the teaching,without salary. we are not challenging the federal government, but can federal government be able to pay npower teachers? we just started and we are having issues about payment, so let
federal government do some thing about this, because we are losing hope.
I thank FG for dis programme, but I have
not been paid the December salary,pls if there is any error pls help me out God will bless you abundantly thanks.
i m grateful for fg and n-power commitee for aim of promoting integrity and clear way of programming method of choosed d succesesful candidate on npr .but here in kwara non of volunteer corp recieved his/her emolument.pls it s a promise to pay instantly after posting we n-power health have started working since december with any salary or little to sustain pls we dont want fg and npower board to relent on ambiteous.
I am grateful to God Almighty and the president of the federal Republic of Nigeria for keeping his promise.May God heal and keep him that he may do more! Nevertheless,we have not received our Dec.,2016 salary.Why?
i thank mr president for annoint me for npower,but now i no get my december alert 2o18. iam in second batch from katsina central.