sola12:
Pls treat as urgent! I got a mail to log on to my npower acct and update my acct detail bt d site is always displaying reset ur password, pls wht could be wrong or is there a special site to update ur acct details on npower? Thanks

AutosBay:
*FULL REPORT ON THE MEETING BETWEEN N-POWER BENEFICIARIES WITH THE MONITORING TEAM HELD AT THE T-BLOCK, LAGOS STATE SECRETARIAT, ALAUSA, IKEJA.*

To start with, the interactive session commenced around 10:20AM with various dignitaries present, among the distinguished individuals were Mr. Afolabi Imoukhuede; SSA to the President on Job Creation and Youth Employment, State's Commissioner of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation [(WAPA); Mrs. Lola Akande, Chairman NOA Lagos; Mr. Wahab, , Honourable member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and the State's Focal Person, Mrs. Olushola Falana and others.

OPENING SPEECH: The Lagos State's Commissioner of Women Affairs & Poverty Alleviation opened the meeting with a welcome address on behalf of the Lagos state Governor, His Excellency Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode.

MATTER ARISING: The eloquent and ever-prepared SSA to the President took up the microphone to address the beneficiaries on the General Overview of what Npower is all about. He went on by expressing dissatisfaction over the late commencement of the program in Lagos State that was characterised by several flaws from the Lagos State Government.
In his words; "Lagos state is known as the *Centre of Excellence*, but regarding N-Power Program, it has been somehow and I ask for more improvement as the program progresses."

DECEMBER & JANUARY STIPENDS : Mr. Afolabi did not mince words by categorically saying beneficiaries in the state will not receive December and January stipends due to late verification exercise. He emphatically said that the volunteers didn't work for those months and that payment start from the time we concluded our verification and the reports were sent to them which was February.

RESPONSE: Mrs. Lola Akande stood up and strongly condemn what Mr. Afolabi had said regarding Dec and Jan stipends, she however pleaded on behalf of the beneficiaries for FG to look into it.
A Distinguished Honourable Member of Lagos state House of Assembly representing the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Obasa also supported her by saying the funds had been made available and that it is a two years program. He later told Mr. Afolabi to ensure all Lagos State volunteers are paid all the 24 months.

ISSUES BEDEVILING NPOWER BENEFICIARIES.

At this point, Mr. Afolabi took the microphone to address all the issues facing beneficiaries. He said bulk of those issues were caused by beneficiaries themselves as follows:

UNPAID BENEFICIARIES: Mr. Afolabi didn't mince words by saying the reason 98.9% of beneficiaries who were not paid was caused by them, he said many of the beneficiaries registered for the program in cyber cafes thereby making some of their details public to the cafe computer operators and hackers. He gave the break down of some the figures I.e 8,000+ was verified and 7,000+ was qualified while abt 6,000+ Qualified for payment and 200+ was disqualified due to age and the documents provided for verification do not match with what they inputted on the online form.

He said out of 2540 that had issues of payment, 889 had no record of account with then at all, this means some of them didn't update their account while some used someone else's account to cover up for the program.

He also said some inputted wrong BVN, he said a lot of them form the 11 digit of BVN Hoping they can outsmart the government. He also emphasized on married women that inputted account number which doesn't belong to them.

BENEFICIARIES WITH BLANK SPACE: He vehemently said that they didn't show up for verification, that was why they have blank space. He said majority were trying to play games with the FG claiming not to have been paid or posted. He then concluded that discretionary provisions will be made for re-verification for those who missed the verification an those who has blank verification result issues and will be absorbed alongside with those who will be processed for redeployment during the process of redeployment for those that were deployed outside their residential states or LGS.


Mr. Afolabi also said the unpaid beneficiaries can correct their details in two ways
a. Through the two site support@npvn.ng and support@npvn.desk-mail.com or
b. Through the focal person manually.

He also addressed the issue of arrangement of names, he said the npvn name must correspond with the BVN name, he however said he gave directives to NIBSS that if two names of the beneficiaries matches, they can go ahead and pay such his/her stipends. So he later ask beneficiaries involved with invalid BVN to go to their bank and make necessary correction and for the married women to get a copy of their change of name as well as their BVN printout and attach it or upload it in the mail where applicable before sending their complaints to the help desk.

BENEFICIARIES WITH AGE AND ADDRESS ISSUES.

He also said most of them caused this problem, he said the age requirement for this program is between 18-35yrs, anything short of that amount to disqualification. He also said if beneficiaries wrongly inputted an address that doesn't correspond with their residential address, such is disqualified.

The meeting came to an end with a closing remark from the Focal Person and Lagos State Npower Leader, Mr. Felix Ayorinde.

Samlokosm:


Autosbay, wasn't anything said about those who were deployed to a far place from their residence? I couldn't attend due to very urgent situation.
I was posted to an extremely local govt lcda. Infact, i decided to go there and i ended up spending #700 to-and-fro on that day.
I have also spoken to a number of people who have been posted to a far place from their residence here in Ikorodu and we all don't know what to do.
I have sent countless mails to support@npvn.desk-mail.com but not reply or feed back from them.
Autosbay, please how can we get in touch with the focal person or the person in charge of posting. Or if you can help us convey our grieviances to her. We would really really be grateful.
God bless.

coolesmile:
Go to the same place you received the posting letter. You will be reposted close to your residence in the same local government on your NPVN portal. I've seen about 2 to 3 people who have been reposted.

AutosBay:
Here are the 12 Factors that are responsible for delay in Npower December Salary

(1) Late update of applicants’ profile

Last year after Npower created a platform exclusively for those that made the first batch list of 200,000 successful applicants.

The platform was dubbed Npower Volunteers Network, NPVN.



Subsequently, applicants were directed to update their profile, including their account details.

While some successful applicants got the information on time, some others got it late.

If you are among those who updated your bank account details late December, or after Npower Team has collated bank account details of applicants, then you might experience late in payment or your December salary might be delayed.

(2) Conflict in applicant’s BVN and his account name

In a situation whereby you use your personal name, then use your husband’s account number and his BVN you will definitely experience delay. And if you didn’t make move to rectify the problem, you might not be paid.

The essence of BVN is to discover disparity in account number or similarities in fingerprint in cases of multiple accounts.

In a situation whereby you use Adek Musi during Npower application process, then you have Ghus Agbe as bank account details in your NPVN bank account details, then your payment will be withheld.

(3) Civil servant who applied for Npower

Reliable information at our disposal says some local government officials applied for npower and they made the first batch list.

These people already have BVN in place forgetting that Npower has been designed in alliance with BVN in such a way to detect those who are already in Federal, State, or Local Government payroll.

So if you fall under this category, you may have to forget your payment, unless you have other “dubious” means of manipulating the system.

(4) Failure to verify

Updating of your NPVN portal isn’t just the parameter for payment. You must also have been verified. If you didn’t participate in the verification exercise, but updated your bank account details on NPVN portal, you might not be paid.

The essence of the Npower verification was to cut, or reduce ghost-workers, which is one of the problems of government’s jobs.

State focal officer are in charge of collating names of verified applicants and forwarding such to Abuja for onward payment.

In a situation whereby you’re not verified, and your account is updated, you will not be paid.

(5) Did verification, but failed to update NPVN portal

Another obvious reason why you’re still not paid is your failure, after verification, to update your NPVN account details.

NPower team can’t pay into non-existing account. Verification isn’t enough for you to be paid, your account must have been correctly updated.

 
(6) Wrong BVN

If your BVN is not correct, you won’t be paid, or your payment might be delayed unless it’s corrected.

For now, you can’t edit your profile because the edit button has been removed temporarily for security reasons.

(7) Wrong account number

Even if your BVN does exist, but your account number isn’t correct you might experience delay in Npower payment until that discrepancy is resolved.

( Delay from your banks

A research carried out by our team shows that some banks are still withholding Npower payment.

Some of these banks include, but not limited to, First Bank, EcoBank, UBA, and Unity Bank.

We can’t reliably say what is holding the concerned banks from disbursing the money to those it’s meant.

For instance, none of the Npower applicants in Ipetu-Ijesa, Oriade LGA, have been paid at the time of putting this research work together.

Most of the affected applicants use First Bank because it’s the only bank in that town.

(9) Failure to follow npower instructions

Details involved in updating NPVN profile contain sensitive information. It’s advisable for successful applicants to personally update their NPVN portal, but some disobeyed the instruction.

They gave their details out to cyber café attendants to do it on their behalf. In the process, when mistakes were not made in BVN, they were made in account number.

At the end they complain they are not paid. But some of them later confessed that someone else handled the entire process on their behalf.

It was December salary, which was never expected by more than 50% of applicants, which made applicants to take the programme seriously.

(10) Late verification and deployment

Media aid to the acting president, Mr. Laolu Akande, emphatically says those who were verified and deployed by December would receive December salary.

State like Lagos had delay in verification. While some states had completed verification, deployment, and got their December stipend, applicants from Lagos state knew nothing about when and where the verification would hold.

Verification was carried out in Lagos State towards the end of January, 2017.

If the clarification made by Laolu Akande is implemented, Lagos Npower applicants might not be paid for December salary unless there is high power delegation from Lagos State Government to plead on behalf of the applicants since it wasn’t the applicants fault.

(11) Multiple NPVN accounts

Don’t be surprised. Some had their names shortlisted twice, but were detected during payment. Similarity in BVN, or conflict in accounts number/BVN is also one of the reasons why you’re yet to be paid.

(12) Late submission of verified list by Focal Officer in your state

Another likely reason why your npower salary could be pending is the failure of your state focal officer to forward the verified list to Abuja for onward processing of your stipend by the Finance Unit of the programme.

Whatever the reasons are, there will always be solution to any issue. For now, the applicant support number of npower is ineffective, no one can specifically explain why such a huge project like Npower cannot have phone numbers in place for applicants to verbally express their concerns.

AutosBay:
Here are the 12 Factors that are responsible for delay in Npower December Salary

(1) Late update of applicants’ profile

Last year after Npower created a platform exclusively for those that made the first batch list of 200,000 successful applicants.

The platform was dubbed Npower Volunteers Network, NPVN.

Subsequently, applicants were directed to update their profile, including their account details.

While some successful applicants got the information on time, some others got it late.

If you are among those who updated your bank account details late December, or after Npower Team has collated bank account details of applicants, then you might experience late in payment or your December salary might be delayed.

(2) Conflict in applicant’s BVN and his account name

In a situation whereby you use your personal name, then use your husband’s account number and his BVN you will definitely experience delay. And if you didn’t make move to rectify the problem, you might not be paid.

The essence of BVN is to discover disparity in account number or similarities in fingerprint in cases of multiple accounts.

In a situation whereby you use Adek Musi during Npower application process, then you have Ghus Agbe as bank account details in your NPVN bank account details, then your payment will be withheld.

(3) Civil servant who applied for Npower

Reliable information at our disposal says some local government officials applied for npower and they made the first batch list.

These people already have BVN in place forgetting that Npower has been designed in alliance with BVN in such a way to detect those who are already in Federal, State, or Local Government payroll.

So if you fall under this category, you may have to forget your payment, unless you have other “dubious” means of manipulating the system.

(4) Failure to verify

Updating of your NPVN portal isn’t just the parameter for payment. You must also have been verified. If you didn’t participate in the verification exercise, but updated your bank account details on NPVN portal, you might not be paid.

The essence of the Npower verification was to cut, or reduce ghost-workers, which is one of the problems of government’s jobs.

State focal officer are in charge of collating names of verified applicants and forwarding such to Abuja for onward payment.

In a situation whereby you’re not verified, and your account is updated, you will not be paid.

(5) Did verification, but failed to update NPVN portal

Another obvious reason why you’re still not paid is your failure, after verification, to update your NPVN account details.

NPower team can’t pay into non-existing account. Verification isn’t enough for you to be paid, your account must have been correctly updated.

 
(6) Wrong BVN

If your BVN is not correct, you won’t be paid, or your payment might be delayed unless it’s corrected.

For now, you can’t edit your profile because the edit button has been removed temporarily for security reasons.

(7) Wrong account number

Even if your BVN does exist, but your account number isn’t correct you might experience delay in Npower payment until that discrepancy is resolved.

( Delay from your banks

A research carried out by our team shows that some banks are still withholding Npower payment.

Some of these banks include, but not limited to, First Bank, EcoBank, UBA, and Unity Bank.

We can’t reliably say what is holding the concerned banks from disbursing the money to those it’s meant.

For instance, none of the Npower applicants in Ipetu-Ijesa, Oriade LGA, have been paid at the time of putting this research work together.

Most of the affected applicants use First Bank because it’s the only bank in that town.

(9) Failure to follow npower instructions

Details involved in updating NPVN profile contain sensitive information. It’s advisable for successful applicants to personally update their NPVN portal, but some disobeyed the instruction.

They gave their details out to cyber café attendants to do it on their behalf. In the process, when mistakes were not made in BVN, they were made in account number.

At the end they complain they are not paid. But some of them later confessed that someone else handled the entire process on their behalf.

It was December salary, which was never expected by more than 50% of applicants, which made applicants to take the programme seriously.

(10) Late verification and deployment

Media aid to the acting president, Mr. Laolu Akande, emphatically says those who were verified and deployed by December would receive December salary.

State like Lagos had delay in verification. While some states had completed verification, deployment, and got their December stipend, applicants from Lagos state knew nothing about when and where the verification would hold.

Verification was carried out in Lagos State towards the end of January, 2017.

If the clarification made by Laolu Akande is implemented, Lagos Npower applicants might not be paid for December salary unless there is high power delegation from Lagos State Government to plead on behalf of the applicants since it wasn’t the applicants fault.

(11) Multiple NPVN accounts

Don’t be surprised. Some had their names shortlisted twice, but were detected during payment. Similarity in BVN, or conflict in accounts number/BVN is also one of the reasons why you’re yet to be paid.

(12) Late submission of verified list by Focal Officer in your state

Another likely reason why your npower salary could be pending is the failure of your state focal officer to forward the verified list to Abuja for onward processing of your stipend by the Finance Unit of the programme.

Whatever the reasons are, there will always be solution to any issue. For now, the applicant support number of npower is ineffective, no one can specifically explain why such a huge project like Npower cannot have phone numbers in place for applicants to verbally express their concerns.

angeltolly:


Was also posted to RID. And yes the departments are there in Oko-oba but possibly have to work outside sha. Dunno yet

kov624665:

Where you at the meeting?

AutosBay:
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO ALL VERIFIED UNPAID BENEFICIARIES.
In furtherance to the interactive session held on Thursday 20th April 2017 on issues facing npower beneficiaries especially the unpaid ones: We want to inform the unpaid beneficiaries that form has been made available for manual correction of their data. Therefore, as we await final approval from the focal person on Monday, we want to urge all involved to go to their respective banks and do the following:
1. Collect a print out of their BVN data.
2. Correct any mistakes on their BVN data if any.
This will help to hasten the process. Also remember, failure to do so means; you will not collect your stipend for the month of April.
We also want to use this medium to announce to all N-community that they have been merged with N-teach. So please expect your list to come among those posted to the district as confirmed by the focal person.

Seankay323:

Why didn't npower let married women know that they would HV to use their maiden name to apply for npower cos def their will be discrepancy in bank account name I opened when single and after marriage will I still use the same name haba. I feel their shld HV been a special
Way in resolving theirs and now ppl HV changed it at the bank but now npvn still shows maiden name? Can't they allow them change the account name on npvn portal since it has now been done at the bank? Infact miraculously date of birth changed itself. But its easy to blame the volunteers.

michmich22:
@AutosBay how many times will they ask us to fill form? Wat abt d form we filled 3 wks back. we keep wasting transport every wk to lg, was told fp will send it to abj till date d correction form is still wit her. na wa o

Hadassah1695:
Good evening house, pls who has n health list for Ikorodu LG?

Kacinoroyal:
[i][/i]Hello house please when is Lagos public schools resuming? I learnt school resumption have been shifted to May 2

AutosBay:


Exactly