NPower News: FG Commences Processing Of November Stipends To Batch C Beneficiaries

Batch C beneficiaries of the NPower scheme should expect their November stipend soon, as the Payroll Status has now been converted from pending to processing.

Investors King learnt that a few beneficiaries have started receiving their alerts as of Tuesday morning.

Recall that Investors King had earlier reported that there are indications that the November and December stipends will be paid to all beneficiaries in the first week of February. The stipend for these two outstanding months had already been approved by the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq and should be disbursed soon.

Meanwhile, about 80% beneficiaries of the Npower scheme have received their September and October stipends. Those who are yet to receive their payment are encouraged to exercise patience and also verify their details for any error. The scheme noted that there might be a delay in payment due to Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Scheme (NIBSS) validation, as this validation takes quite a while.

Beneficiaries with complaints of detected errors in their details are expected to send their correct particulars to support.npower@nasims.gov.ng to effect the necessary changes.

The scheme has also disclosed that beneficiaries for Batch C, stream 2 are yet to be shortlisted. “Disregard any information that says it has. You will be notified if you are shortlisted when shortlisting is done”, it warned.

The NPower scheme was 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 NPower scheme is categorized into Graduate Programmes and Non-Graduate Programmes and is targeted towards providing solutions to the nation’s under-developed public services like education, healthcare, and civic engagement.