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3nairalandcom:
I was in deep shit more deadly than infertility loosing the whole world and my soul,all type of medication have been tried by my parent but all in vein.At last it was when I was going through Quran I found cure, and every day from now I use to get more health because there can never be a day without me opening my Quran.So I advice,take your Quran if you understand Arabic,if you don't get the English version read,understand and abide by what God teaches you in it and see what He will do to your life. Cheers

Salam Alaykum, Please let's talk more about this issue. Jazakallah Khayran

Boleyndynasty2:
the thing is every nigerian is totally corruption, fight them in one way, they'll find other ways of getting back to evil and on a higher level.

*totally corrupt

stphil:
when wil dis letter be sent to them

Soon

AutosBay:
Maybe he is one of those waiting for 2nd list, and he is getting frustrated

I thought as much

oketoyinboshola:
I hope this brings good result...
Npower with their lackadaisical nature of doing things

We are hopeful. (y)

engrMikemd:
pls do not forget the meaning of VOLUNTEERS

The meaning isn't different from that of other states. Learn before you talk.

22nd February, 2017

The Lagos State Government,
State Secretariat,
Alausa-Ikeja,
Lagos Nigeria.

Dear Sir/Madam,

DELAY OF PAYMENT AND POSTING OF LAGOS NPOWER VOLUNTEER CORPS MEMBERS

Permit us to start this letter with this words: " We firmly believe that one of the primary responsibilities of government is to implement poverty alleviation program that lift millions of our citizens out of poverty and to use the resources at its disposal to create safety nets for the poor and vulnerable youth in our society". "Every Nigerian should not live below the minimum standard".- Senator Ashafa

N-Power is a Federal Government’s project in the economic, employment and social development areas.  N-Power addresses the challenges of youth unemployment by providing a structure for large scale and relevant work skills acquisition and development while linking its core and outcomes to fix inadequate public services and stimulating the larger economy.

Npower Focus areas are: Teaching, Health, Agriculture, Vocational, Technology, Community Service, Post Production and Animation.

The N-Power assessment commenced on September 21, 2016 for all candidates and lasted till October 31, 2016. This was an online aptitude test carried out to determine candidates that will be needed by the agency to undertake the N-Power programme.
After the conclusion of the online assessment test. selection process commenced and was implemented leaving LAGOS STATE with over 11,000 applicants.

After the selection process across board, verification exercise commenced since December 2016. The Npower Lagos State verification exercise was serially delayed by the authorities, for no just reason, while applicants from other states were duly verified in December 2016,

This ugly situation rose to a peaceful protest to the State House of Assembly in Alausa by the applicants in January 2017, the protesters were able to pass their message and The Speaker, Rt. Hon Mudashiru Obasa, together with some other members addressed the applicants on the subject matter. The Speaker, Rt.Hon Mudashiru Obasa, however, urged the coordinator to ensure that Lagos State is not short-changed while carrying out the directive of the Federal Government and to also make sure that applicants from the state are paid their December and January stipends.

As a result, verification commenced and Npower Lagos State Applicants were duly verified in all the Local Government Areas.
Post-verification, as other states were duly paid their N30,000 stipends of December and January outstanding, Lagos State Npower Applicants didn't get further notification from the authorities nor was the outstanding December and January stipends paid, till date.

In the same vein, Lagos State Npower beneficiaries were left out from all activities of Npower program which include deployment, verified stamp (on our portal) and device selection on our online portal were not accessible. This called for our attention that our verified list has not been sent to abuja yet and if it had been sent, there shouldn't be any reason for the colossal delay in deployment, payment and device selection. Selection of device from the portal is on-going across the nation with an exclusion of Lagos State from this process. Most of us are sitting at home doing nothing because of the trust we have in federal government regarding this scheme.

*We have however decided to resolve into protest come Monday 27th February. Since it seems this is the only language that the LASG understand and if it will help table our grievances, we have no other choice than to protest against our exclusion from the scheme.*

On this note we are imploring the Lagos state government in the best interest of her mandate and the nation at large to use the power of your exalted office to unravel the mystery surrounding Npower Lagos State regular delay, non-communication, exclusion, injustice and non-engagement as we believe in the good intention of the Federal Government on the Npower Program.

Yours Faithfully,

Concerned (OVER) 11,000 Lagos Npower Applicants

Cc:

Office of the Governor, Lagos State

Office of the Deputy Governor, Lagos State

Office of the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly

Office of the Secretary of the Government of the State Government

Office of the Lagos State Npower Focal Person

Lagos State Ministry of Information

Lagos State Ministry of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations

Lagos State Ministry of Justice

Lagos State Ministry of Youth

Lagos State Ministry of Education

Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture

Lagos State Ministry of Health

Lagos State Office of the Public Defender

National Human Rights Commission, Lagos State

National Orientation Agency, Lagos State

Department of State Security, Lagos State

State Universal Basic Education Board, Lagos State

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos State

22nd February, 2017

The Lagos State Government,
State Secretariat,
Alausa-Ikeja,
Lagos Nigeria.

Dear Sir/Madam,

DELAY OF PAYMENT AND POSTING OF LAGOS NPOWER VOLUNTEER CORPS MEMBERS

Permit us to start this letter with this words: " We firmly believe that one of the primary responsibilities of government is to implement poverty alleviation program that lift millions of our citizens out of poverty and to use the resources at its disposal to create safety nets for the poor and vulnerable youth in our society". "Every Nigerian should not live below the minimum standard".- Senator Ashafa

N-Power is a Federal Government’s project in the economic, employment and social development areas.  N-Power addresses the challenges of youth unemployment by providing a structure for large scale and relevant work skills acquisition and development while linking its core and outcomes to fix inadequate public services and stimulating the larger economy.

Npower Focus areas are: Teaching, Health, Agriculture, Vocational, Technology, Community Service, Post Production and Animation.

The N-Power assessment commenced on September 21, 2016 for all candidates and lasted till October 31, 2016. This was an online aptitude test carried out to determine candidates that will be needed by the agency to undertake the N-Power programme.
After the conclusion of the online assessment test. selection process commenced and was implemented leaving LAGOS STATE with over 11,000 applicants.

After the selection process across board, verification exercise commenced since December 2016. The Npower Lagos State verification exercise was serially delayed by the authorities, for no just reason, while applicants from other states were duly verified in December 2016,

This ugly situation rose to a peaceful protest to the State House of Assembly in Alausa by the applicants in January 2017, the protesters were able to pass their message and The Speaker, Rt. Hon Mudashiru Obasa, together with some other members addressed the applicants on the subject matter. The Speaker, Rt.Hon Mudashiru Obasa, however, urged the coordinator to ensure that Lagos State is not short-changed while carrying out the directive of the Federal Government and to also make sure that applicants from the state are paid their December and January stipends.

As a result, verification commenced and Npower Lagos State Applicants were duly verified in all the Local Government Areas.
Post-verification, as other states were duly paid their N30,000 stipends of December and January outstanding, Lagos State Npower Applicants didn't get further notification from the authorities nor was the outstanding December and January stipends paid, till date.

In the same vein, Lagos State Npower beneficiaries were left out from all activities of Npower program which include deployment, verified stamp (on our portal) and device selection on our online portal were not accessible. This called for our attention that our verified list has not been sent to abuja yet and if it had been sent, there shouldn't be any reason for the colossal delay in deployment, payment and device selection. Selection of device from the portal is on-going across the nation with an exclusion of Lagos State from this process. Most of us are sitting at home doing nothing because of the trust we have in federal government regarding this scheme.

*We have however decided to resolve into protest come Monday 27th February. Since it seems this is the only language that the LASG understand and if it will help table our grievances, we have no other choice than to protest against our exclusion from the scheme.*

On this note we are imploring the Lagos state government in the best interest of her mandate and the nation at large to use the power of your exalted office to unravel the mystery surrounding Npower Lagos State regular delay, non-communication, exclusion, injustice and non-engagement as we believe in the good intention of the Federal Government on the Npower Program.

Yours Faithfully,

Concerned (OVER) 11,000 Lagos Npower Applicants

Cc:

Office of the Governor, Lagos State

Office of the Deputy Governor, Lagos State

Office of the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly

Office of the Secretary of the Government of the State Government

Office of the Lagos State Npower Focal Person

Lagos State Ministry of Information

Lagos State Ministry of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations

Lagos State Ministry of Justice

Lagos State Ministry of Youth

Lagos State Ministry of Education

Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture

Lagos State Ministry of Health

Lagos State Office of the Public Defender

National Human Rights Commission, Lagos State

National Orientation Agency, Lagos State

Department of State Security, Lagos State

State Universal Basic Education Board, Lagos State

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos State

All your observations regarding the letter re noted and has been corrected. I am pleased to inform you that one of the copy of the letter has been sent to Senator Gbenga Ashafa's office in ketu kosofe CMD road. Tomorrow, we will send another one to senator Adeola Yayi and hopefully by Monday, a copy will also be sent to Governor Ambode thru the SSA, the man that attended to us during the protest.
I want to say that we are making progress and hopeful to get positive response this week by God's grace. We are very optimistic that this week, we will equally join our counterpart for this program because as far as I am concern, we re not Npower volunteer members yet until we re paid, posted and qualify to select our device.
Please note that if after this week, Friday to be precise nothing happens, we will have no choice but to organize ourselves for a massive peaceful protest.

#Copied from Npower Lagos Facebook page

NPOWER LAGOS VOLUNTEERS!

CALL FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST!
This is to invite all N11,000 Npower Lagos Volunteers to join the massive and 'peaceful' protest billed to deliver ourselves from this shackle of exclusion from the FG Npower Social Investment program, the details of the demonstration are as follows:

Meeting point: Maryland opposite Subeb complex.
Time: 10am
Date: 22nd Feb 2017

Yours in Struggle!

OUR VOICES MUST BE HEARD!