2017 N-Power beneficiaries to start receiving stipend from August

The numerous questions ask by the 2017 Npower volunteers Corps has now been answered.

• When will Npower start paying our Monthly Salary/Stipend

• When will N-power begin posting of successful applicants

The Federal Government has concluded arrangements to engage additional 300,000 beneficiaries in the second batch of its N-Power Volunteers Corp effective from 1st August.

A statement from the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande disclosed that the new beneficiaries would be promptly deployed to their assigned primary places of assignment and their first monthly payment stipend of N30,000 will start from August 31, 2018.

Akande explained that with 200,000 existing beneficiaries, 500,000 unemployed Nigerian graduates will by August be beneficiaries of the scheme which is a crucial part of the administration’s National Social Investment Programmes.

Akande said in conjunction with all State N-Power partners, the new beneficiaries would be promptly deployed to their assigned primary places of assignment on or before the said date.

He said, “The final selection lists broken down in States/Local Government Area for each of the three N-Power component would be circulated to all focal persons in the states and FCT by Friday, July 20, 2018.

“In order to qualify for their first monthly payment stipend of N30,000 by August 31, 2018, all deployed volunteers are expected to upload on their N-Power portal page their stamped and signed confirmation of resumption on or before Friday, August 10, 2018.”