All is now set for deployment of 200,000 unemployed graduates
selected in the first batch of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s
plan to hire half a million Nigerians, the presidency said on Sunday. Laolu
Akande, Media aide to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, in a statement said the
200,000 have been selected about two weeks ago.
“The names would also
be published this week on the N-Power internet portal, while the participants
would start receiving SMS messages informing them of their selection as from
Monday November 21, 2016,” the statement reads.
“State governments and the FCT are also encouraged to post
the names of the successful first batch applicants in their local government
areas while there would be further public announcements.
“Between now and the end of the month, the states and the
FCT would be engaged in deploying the graduates who would formally start
working and earning their stipends on December 1, 2016.
“Of the 200,000 first batch, 150,000 of them would teach,
30,000 would work in the Agric sector and 20,000 in Healthcare delivery
covering the three specific programme assignments.
“The N-Power Volunteer Corps is an expression of President
Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to invest in the human capital development of
Nigerian citizens, particularly our young people.
“The N-Power programmme is also an innovative means to
enhance ailing public services in the area of basic education and primary
healthcare. Also in the agric sector, it is aimed at achieving self-sufficiency
by giving our farmers relevant advisory services.
“For those who have not been selected at this time, there is
a waiting list based on the total number of applicants, and subsequent batches
will absorb more of the qualified applicants.
“All together, the N-Power will engage and train 500,000 young
unemployed graduates. It is a paid volunteering programme of a 2-year duration
that engages graduates in their immediate communities, where they will assist
in improving the inadequacies in the education, health, and agriculture
sectors.
“The 500,000 graduates under the N-Power Corps programme
will be trained in skills that will enable them exit after two years to
economically viable job and business opportunities.
“As part of the programme, the participnts would own tablets
that will contain information necessary for their specific engagements, as well
as information for their continuous training and developments.
“Participants will be provided teaching, instructional, and
advisory solutions in 4 main focus areas, and will be paid a monthly stipend of
N30,000 during the programme. The 4 main focus areas are in basic education,
agriculture extension services, public health and community education (civic
and adult education).
“Besides the N-Power programme for undergraduates, there are
other schemes for non-graduates. These are: N-Power Knowledge, which would
select 25,000 young Nigerians and N-Power Build 75,000, all of whom shall be
trained and paid during the duration of the scheme.”
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