Beneficiaries of N-Power Scheme under the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programme (SIP) on Thursday, February 20 asked for resignation of Ms Hajia Farouq over the non-payment of their January stipend.

Some of the beneficiaries who expressed their unhappiness over non-payment said the anomaly only set in when Ms Sadiya Farouq , the Minister for Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management took over the program from the office the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo some months back.

The non-payment or delay in payment of the beneficiaries is becoming a reoccurring decimal as similar situation played out some months back when payment of 3 months was delayed.

It will be recalled that since the N-Power kicked off in December 2016, it was being handled by the office of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo before it was recently taken over by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management headed by minister, Sadiya Farouq.

“Apart from the payment delay, the beneficiaries also mentioned attempts by the office of the minister to stop some of the programmes under the scheme pointing to the fact that the minister has refused to make funds available for the school feeding programme in some states.

While registering their displeasure over the non-payment, the beneficiaries under National Association Of N-power Volunteers said that they would no longer hesitate to embark on a strike action if their allowances were not paid.

“We believe that Hajia Farouq has a selfish agenda to sabotage the effort of the Federal Government to eliminate unemployment as she had continually held on to public money without reasons.

“We are hereby calling on the minister to as a matter of urgency give us reasons why she has deliberately refused to pay volunteers who have exhausted their time, energy and resources offering voluntary service to the Federal Government.

“She should also give volunteers a reason why she was still holding to that position she currently occupies knowing fully well that she is incapacitated in running this all important office as the lives of many Nigerian youth solely depends on this stipend that she had continued to deny them promptly.

“To this end, we shall embark on a peaceful protest both physical and online to demand her resignation, prompt payment of stipend”.

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