Just in: Why we should permanent Npower beneficiaries
The National Social Investment Programmes (NSIPs) created by the Federal Government in 2016 for poverty alleviation and job creation especially the Npower which has empowered over 500,000 youths in various arms of the programme. The programmes under Npower include Npower Teach, Npower Health, Npower Agro, Npower Build, Npower Tech and Npower Creative all of which give the beneficiaries monthly stipends for their upkeep. This has by far helped many depressed youths to bring back hope alive when it was launched. However, their confidence in the programme is fading gradually since beneficiaries continue to experience delay in the payment of their stipends and turning their hopes into despair. The programme which was clearly stated to last 2 years still has its pioneer beneficiaries in their 39th month of the programme. Although, the reason for the extension of service according to N-power officials, is to be able to finalize the exit plan for the volunteers so that they will not retu...