Over three million applicants have enrolled for about 400 ,000 job spaces in the third batch of the Federal Government’ s N -Power
programme .
It was gathered that the applicants applied for the programme through the online portal of the N -Power scheme which was opened
for applications on June 26, 2020.
N -Power is one of the National Social Investment Programmes of the Federal
Government .
The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social
Development said on Friday that it would absorb 400 ,000 applicants as Batch C
beneficiaries.
The humanitarian ministry’ s Deputy Director, Information , Rhoda Iliya, said ,
“Enrolment of beneficiaries for N- power Batch C commenced on June 26, 2020 and
has received over three million applications since the portal opened .
“The application process will be concluded as soon as possible to provide additional Nigerian youths access to the programme .”
The humanitarian minister , Sadiya Umar- Farouq, noted that as the ministry had commenced the transition of Batch A and B N -
Power beneficiaries, it would conclude activities of the independent monitors enrolled with those two batches by July 31, 2020 .