The Federal Government has said all outstanding payments to Batches A and B beneficiaries of the N-Power programme have been paid.
The Federal Government announced this on Thursday, adding that it was about to conclude the new enrollments of one million beneficiaries under Batch C of the social investment programme.
Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, who spoke to journalists in Abuja, said the one million beneficiaries would be taken in two streams of 500,000 participants each.
She said, “We have sorted out all the backlogs of N-Power payments with the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation and we have moved on to the next batch.
“N-Power is the job creation and economic component of the NSIP for young unemployed Nigerians. It has provided temporary income-generating opportunities for 500,000 unemployed youths of Batches A and B N-Power beneficiaries.
“Currently the ministry is about concluding the enrollment of 1,000,000 Batch C applicants in two streams of 500,000 in the first instance and another 500,000 later.”