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Latest NPower News For Today Wednesday 26th January 2022

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January 26, 2022

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Latest NPower News For Today Wednesday 26th January 2022

Welcome to Flippstack, we have compiled all the latest happenings on the Npower programme for today Wednesday 26th January 2022 to update our Npower audience. So if you are among the NPower beneficiaries, make sure to read this article to the end.

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1. Sadiya Umar Farouq Attends North East Development Commission’s (NEDC) Consultative Meeting

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq, was present in the North East Development Commission’s (NEDC) Consultative Meeting which she shared the outcome of the event on her Facebook official page.

According to the Minister:

“Earlier today I was the chief host of the North East Development Commission’s #NEDC Consultative Meeting with Federal MDAs and Security Agencies on the North East Stabilization and Development Masterplan”.

“I am pleased to state that the #NEDC has not been static and continues to leave its footprints across all the North-Eastern states with its life-changing projects and programmes. Despite being in the process of developing the Master Plan”.

“It is important to note that our strategic focus at the Ministry now is the provision of coordinated sustainable humanitarian action centred on the global best principle, the ‘Triple Nexus’ approach. This is anchored in a home-grown National Humanitarian-Development-Peace framework developed through a consultative process aimed at reducing vulnerabilities to support and promote peace and stability in Nigeria.”

2. FG Begins NPower November Stipend Payment To Beneficiaries

Flippstack understands that beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s N-Power scheme have started receiving bank alerts of N30, 000 for their November 2021 stipend.

The new development was confirmed by Some of the beneficiaries (Batch C) who spoke to Flippstack on condition of anonymity confirmed the development on Tuesday morning.

However, N-Power graduate beneficiaries – classified as Federal Government workers too – do not have a consistent payday.

Every month, the Federal Government spends more than N15 billion as stipends on 510,000 volunteers of the N-Power scheme, a component of the National Social Investment Programmes (N-SIP).

3. FG Approves November and December Stipend Payment

Following the approval of November and December Stipend Payment to the Batch C Stream 1 Npower beneficiaries by the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouk, the National Social Investment Management System (NASIMS) has initiated payment for the month of November 2021.

Many beneficiaries of the Batch C Stream 1 Npower Programme have seen the November Payment marked as “Pending” on their NASIMS Profiles today, Friday, Jan. 2022.

The activation of the November Payment process is part of the efforts of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development to clear all outstanding Stipends owed to the beneficiaries and normalize Stipend Payment Calander for the beneficiaries.

4. Ministry Flags Off Training Of 37 Master Trainers For N-Skills Programme

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq has flagged off the training workshop for 37 Master Trainers for the N-Skills Programme, an arm under Federal Government’s National Social Investment Programme N-Power, has commenced in Abuja.

Declaring the training session open, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farougq said that the N-Skills programme targets marginalized and disadvantaged populations, including those with primary or no-formal education.

According to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Mr Bashir Nura Alkali, who represented the Minister, stated that the 37 Master Trainers will later coordinate the training of 6,475 youths selected from the 36 States and FCT.

The Ministry worked with experienced training service providers to carefully select those to be trained today as Master Trainers. We expect these Master Trainers to effectively play their role of coordinating the training of the target beneficiaries of the N-Skills programme in their respective States and FCT. We target marketplaces and other informal places as well as the streets.

That’s all for the Npower latest news for today Wednesday 26th January 2022, make sure to share this article and always come back from time to time for more Npower latest news.