There are indications that Npower Batch C volunteers might get their November and December 2021 stipend between the first or second week of February 2022.
Investors King gathered that the stipend has been approved by the Federal Ministry for Humanitarian Affairs but there might be a delay in payment due to Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Scheme (NIBSS) validation, as this validation takes quite a while.
Recall that Investors King had earlier reported that the minister for humanitarian affairs, disaster management, and social development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq disclosed that payment of October stipend was delayed to the Npower beneficiaries in order to sort out challenges which have resulted in some Npower beneficiaries’ Bank Accounts not being credited.
Meanwhile, pending October and September stipend payment is ongoing at the moment and volunteers who have not been paid are advised to continue to check their Npower payroll status until it changes from processing to paid.
However, if after payment, the stipend is still yet to be received, the issue emanates from the beneficiary’s bank.
Also, names mismatch also have a great role to play in the payment process. This means that if the beneficiary’s name does not correspond with the account name, payment might not be received. This is why the majority of Npower volunteers are not paid, as most volunteers did not supply the exact names on their BVN when filling the N-Power NASIMS portal.
N-Power is a scheme set up by the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari on 8 June 2016, to address the issues of youth unemployment and help increase social development.
The scheme is created for unemployed graduates and non-graduates between the ages of 18 and 35. It is a paid programme of two-year duration, aimed at engaging beneficiaries in their states of residence.
Recently, the Federal Government said it had concluded a plan to enlist additional 400,000 youths for the Batch C N-Power programme in the country.