Latest NPower News For Today Monday 10th January 2022

Latest NPower News For Today Monday 10th January 2022

Welcome to Flippstack, we have compiled the Latest Npower News for today Monday 10th January 2022 to update our Npower audience on the latest happenings around the scheme. So if you are among the NPower beneficiaries, make sure to read this article to the end.

1. Humanitarian minister tasks focal persons on delivering benefits to beneficiaries

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs,  Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq has urged State Focal Persons on National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) to ensure they implement and deliver benefits to beneficiaries across the country.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Faroug met with the Focal Persons National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) from the 36 states and the FCT, during the NSIP Strategic Review Meeting 2021 on 6th January 2022, in Abuja and urged State Focal Persons on National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) to ensure they implement and deliver benefits to beneficiaries across the country.

At the meeting, FG, States, Stakeholders Review Implementation Of National Social Investment Programmes in 2021 and Assures on lifting 100m out of poverty by 2030

The Npower Programme is one of the key programs of the NSIP and more than a million youth has benefited from the Npower Scheme since 2016. Currently, there are 510000 beneficiaries that are enrolled in the Npower batch C stream 1 and another 400000 will soon be enrolled.

2. Possibility Of  Npower Non-graduate To Be Captured In Stream 2

We have been receiving questions lately if Non-graduate will be captured in Stream 2, looking from the latest report stating that 400,000 new Applicants will be enlisted into the Npower batch C stream 2 this year 2022, there is every possibility that new non-graduate applicants may be selected.

Nonetheless, the public holiday break ends on Monday 3rd January 2022 and all other activities resumed on the 4th January 2022. As such, we believed that the Npower batch C 1 beneficiaries have resumed duty in order to continue acquiring skills and work experience. If not then we advise that you get ready.

3. NASIMS Pause Payment Of October Stipend Of Graduate Beneficiaries

If you are among the Npower Batch C stream 1 beneficiaries who are still yet to receive their October stipend should note that the National Social Investment Management System (NASIMS) has paused the disbursement of the October payment.

NASIMS disclosed this on their Facebook page where they stated that the October payment of October Stipend has been paused to enable them to come up with another method of disbursement that will be more transparent.

According to NASIMS:

“Dear Npower Batch C1 Graduate Beneficiaries,

“PAYMENT OF OCTOBER STIPEND PAUSE!

“In our quest to ensure Beneficiaries are paid at once, we adopted the Bulk payment approach which was PARTIALLY SUCCESSFUL resulting in some accounts getting credited and some not, due to network instability.

“As a result, October payments were paused to get the challenge sorted out. Payment for the said month to all concerned shall RECOMMENCE at the shortest possible time. Please bear with us.

“For transparency purposes, we will keep updating you.

“Thank you!”

Npower Batch C stream 1 Beneficiaries are advised not to panic and also exercise patience as the issue will be resolved in the shortest possible time and all payments will be made.

That’s all for the Npower latest news for today Monday 10th January 2022, make sure to share this article and always come back from time to time for more Npower latest news.